Epidemiological assessment of hormesis in studies with low-level exposure

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 795-809

  Mundt, Kenneth A ^a   May, Susanne ^b  

^a Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hormesis; Hormetic bias; J shaped response; U shaped response

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044530142     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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