An abuse of risk assessment: how regulatory agencies improperly adopted LNT for cancer risk assessment

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-648

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogen; Ionizing radiation; Linear non threshold (LNT); Mutation; Risk assessment; Threshold dose response

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATIC CELL; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LINEAR MODELS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84925501110     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1454-4     Document Type: Letter

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