The EPA Cancer Risk Assessment Default Model Proposal: Moving Away From the LNT
This article strongly supports the Environmental Protection Agency proposal to make significant changes in their cancer risk assessment principles and practices by moving away from the use of the linear nonthreshold (LNT) dose–response as the default model. An alternate approach is proposed based on...
Main Authors: | Edward J. Calabrese, Jaap C. Hanekamp, Dima Yazji Shamoun |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-08-01
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Series: | Dose-Response |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325818789840 |
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