Low-dose linearity: The rule or the exception?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-330

  Crawford, Martha ^a   Wilson, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Linearity; Low; Noncancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001403778     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039609383610     Document Type: Article

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