U-shaped dose-responses in biology, toxicology, and public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue , 2001, Pages 15-33

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Baldwin, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biphasic; Hormesis; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0035014677     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.22.1.15     Document Type: Review

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