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.

Additional recommended knowledge

Weighing the right way

Essential Laboratory Skills Guide

Daily Sensitivity Test

Edward J. Calabrese and Linda A. Baldwin wrote:

The threshold dose-response model is widely viewed as the most dominant model in toxicology. [1]

See also:

• linear no-threshold model (LNT)
• hormesis