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The dose makes the poison
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dose_concentration/wqBmz5od">Dose concentration</a> – Ratio of part of a mixture to the wholePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</li> <li><a href="/facts/Forensic_toxicology/jESHWYya">Forensic toxicology</a> – Use of toxicology for investigations</li> <li><a href="/facts/Homeopathy/WVPa8Qwz">Homeopathy</a> – Pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hormesis/ktMkQDbu">Hormesis</a> – Characteristic of biological processes</li> <li><a href="/facts/Median_lethal_dose/PSTer8Wv">Median lethal dose</a> – Measurement of lethal dose of substance</li> <li><a href="/facts/Therapeutic_index/h311pqE5">Therapeutic index</a> – Quantitative measurement of the relative safety of a drug</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Dose Makes the Poison". Chemistry. Chemsafe. Yale University. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2022-08-13. A substance can produce the harmful effect associated with its toxic properties only if it reaches a susceptible biological system within your body in a sufficient concentration <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110202055026/http://learn.caim.yale.edu/chemsafe/references/dose.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110202055026/http://learn.caim.yale.edu/chemsafe/references/dose.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Trautmann, Nancy (September 2005). "The Dose Makes the Poison-Or Does It?". BioScience. 55 (9). American Institute of Biological Sciences: 809–810. Archived from the original on 2005-11-17. Retrieved 3 August 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051117120000/http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html#Primer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20051117120000/http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html#Primer</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Trautmann, Nancy (September 2005). "The Dose Makes the Poison-Or Does It?". BioScience. 55 (9). American Institute of Biological Sciences: 809–810. Archived from the original on 2005-11-17. Retrieved 3 August 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051117120000/http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html#Primer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20051117120000/http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html#Primer</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>