Effective dose may refer to:
- Effective dose (pharmacology), a dose of pharmacologic agent which will have a therapeutic
- Effective dose (radiation), a measure of the stochastic effect that a radiation dose to part of the body will have on the whole organism
- Biologically effective dose, the effective dose of radiation or a drug that must be delivered to a target organ or tissue to have a desired therapeutic effect
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“Before anything else [Numa] decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people.”
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