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Title: Deterministic effect
Post by: Rennhack on Nov 23, 2005, 03:35

The health effectsof radiation, the severity of which varies with the dose and for which a threshold is believed to exist. Radiation-induced cataract formation is an example of a deterministic effect (also called a non-stochastic effect) (see 10 CFR 20.1003).