Ethics of Adoption and Use of the Linear No-Threshold Model

The linear no-threshold (LNT) model of ionizing radiation–induced cancer assumes that every increment of radiation dose, no matter how small, constitutes an increased cancer risk for humans. Linear no-threshold is presently the most widely applied model for radiation risk assessment. As such, it imp...

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Main Authors: Moshe Yanovskiy, Yair Y. Shaki, Yehoshua Socol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325818822602