Hormesis - Does it have relevance at the population, community or ecosystem levels of organization?

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 517-520

  Giesy, J P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ZINC;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUTROPHICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HORMESIS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0035709147     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032701718120373     Document Type: Article

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