Hormesis and its place in nonmonotonic dose-response relationships: some scientific reality checks.
OBJECTIVE: This analysis is a critical assessment of current hormesis literature. I discuss definitions, characterization, generalizability, mechanisms, absence of empirical data specific for hormesis hypothesis testing, and arguments that hormesis be the 'default assumption' in risk assessment. DAT...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 115; no. 4; pp. 500 - 507 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Apr2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |