Threshold model

A threshold model in toxicology posits that anything above a certain dose of a toxin is dangerous, and anything below it safe. This model is usually applied to non-carcinogenic health hazards.

Edward J. Calabrese and Linda A. Baldwin wrote:


 * The threshold dose-response model is widely viewed as the most dominant model in toxicology.

See also:
 * linear no-threshold model (LNT)
 * hormesis