Hormesis: A new religion? [1]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Thayer, Kristina A ^a   Melnick, Ronald ^a   Huff, James ^a   Burns, Kathy ^b   Davis, Devra ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Sciencecorps   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIOXIN; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMESIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 33750895067     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.114-a632     Document Type: Letter

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