Hormesis: A highly generalizable and reproducible phenomenon with important implications for risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-281

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Baldwin, Linda A ^a   Holland, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

curve; Adaptive response; Hormesis; Low dose; Stimulation; U shaped

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

HORMESIS; TOXICOLOGY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GROWTH; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0032816675     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006977728215     Document Type: Article

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