deterministic effect

(dē-tĕr″mĭ-nis′tik)

An effect that has a threshold of chemical or radiation exposure below which are no measurable effects and above which the severity is dose-related.

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The author argues that depictions of gambling were influenced by evolutionism and DarwinEs ideas about the deterministic effect of chance.

Gambling in the Nineteenth-Century English Novel: 'A Leprosy Is O'er the Land' (reprint, 2003)

The threshold dose for a specific deterministic effect depends on the type of radiation, on the dose-rate pattern over time (i.

A guide to radiation hazard evaluation, applied to Fukushima recovery workers

It is evident that smaller doses of radiation, which are generally encountered in many diagnostic procedures, may not exceed the threshold dose for deterministic effects.

The risk of radiation exposure to assisting staff in urological procedures: a literature review

4) The main biological effects caused by ionising radiation are stochastic and deterministic (non-stochastic) effects; stochastic effects may occur while deterministic effects will occur.

Radiation dose to surgeons in theatre

13) According to one expert, doses greater than 25 rem are often received in a short period of time, producing deterministic effects, the severity of which increases with dose.

Radiation and radiological dispersal devices

Ionising radiation has either stochastic or deterministic effects on the exposed individual.

A dose audit of fluoroscopy examinations at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital: analysis of preliminary results

They cover basic radiation physics, chemistry and biology, sources of possible radiation exposure, effects on genetic materials, cancer induction and dose-responsive models, carginogenesis of specific sites, deterministic effects of radiation and effects in combination with other agents, exposure in utero, psychological perceptions about radiation, hormesis, effects on individuals, and comparisons of uranium, plutonium, and radium.

Medical effects of ionizing radiation, 3d ed

There are several deterministic effects of interest to radiologic technologists, including cataract formation in the lens of the eye and fertility impairment.

The increasing use of CT and its risks

A tentative finding is that deterministic effects are relatively more important than stochastic ones.

Is there seasonality in Pakistan's merchandise exports and imports? The univariate modelling approach

Historically, the first permissible dose proposed was linked to deterministic effects of ionizing radiation.

The risk linked to ionizing radiation: an alternative epidemiologic approach. (Commentaries)

Lewis suggests a view of development that minimalizes the potential for lasting, deterministic effects of a child's early experiences without careful consideration of the context - individual, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural - of the child at later ages.

Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

In comparison with stochastic effects, deterministic effects are a greater cause of concern in diagnostic radiology as they occur above a certain threshold dose.