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Dose is a difficult concept. The Oxford English Dictionary (1973) defines it as follows: “A definite quantity of a medicine, or something regarded as analogous to a medicine, given or prescribed to be given at one time”. It is also “a definite amount of some ingredient added to wine to give it a special character”. For the present purpose, the first definition is perhaps the more important!
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Field, S.B. (1988). The Concept of Thermal Dose. In: Issels, R.D., Wilmanns, W. (eds) Application of Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83260-4_1
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