Hormesis: The new approach in risk assessment?

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 399-400

  Christiani, D C ^a   Zhou, W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Hormesis; Occupational health; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMESIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036656390     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327102ht268xx     Document Type: Article

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