Hormesis, adaptation, and the sandpile model

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 641-644

  Stark, Martha ^a,b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chaos theory; Extracellular matrix; Hormesis; Nonmonotonic dose response curve; Sandpile model; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHAOS THEORY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HORMESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 49749087223     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440802026422     Document Type: Note

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