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Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

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I have always felt that the argument that because at higher vaules of dose an observed effect is proportional to dose, then at very low doses there is necessarily some “effect” of dose, however small, is nonsense [1].

I have always felt that the argument that because at higher vaules of dose an observed effect is proportional to dose, then at very low doses there is necessarily some “effect” of dose, however small, is nonsense [1].

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(2010). Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms. In: Sanders, C.L. (eds) Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03720-7_2

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