Effective Dose

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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