Origin of the linearity no threshold (LNT) dose-response concept

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1621-1633

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Eugenics; Ionizing radiation; Linearity; LNT; Risk assessment; Target theory; Threshold dose response

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; INDUCED MUTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR NO THRESHOLD; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883552227     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-013-1104-7     Document Type: Review

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