Radiation, Ecology and the Invalid LNT Model: The Evolutionary Imperative
Metabolic and energetic efficiency, and hence fitness of organisms to survive, should be maximal in their habitats. This tenet of evolutionary biology invalidates the linear-no-threshold (LNT) model for the risk consequences of environmental agents. Hormesis in response to selection for maximum meta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-07-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.05-028.Parsons |