Muller's nobel prize lecture: When ideology prevailed over science

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Ionizing radiation; Linearity; Mutation; Risk assessment; Threshold

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; DECEPTION; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IDEOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 84857989709     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr338     Document Type: Review

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