Published December 1995
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Journal article
Hormesis: Fact or fiction?
Creators
Description
Bernard Cohen had not intended to foment revolution. To be sure, he had hoped that the linear, no-threshold (LNT) model of ionizing radiation's effects on humans would prove to be an exaggeration of reality at the low levels of radiation that one can measure in humans throughout the United States. His surprising conclusion, however, was that within the low dose ranges of radiation one receives in the home, the higher the dose, the less chance one had of contracting lung cancer. 1 fig., 1 tab
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 13N-16N.
- ISSN
- 0161-5505
- CODEN
- JNMEAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27062013
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COST; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEUKEMIA; LUNGS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; BODY; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MANAGEMENT; NONMETALS; ORGANS; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT