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