Low Doses of Radiation Reduce Risk

The “Linear No Threshold” hypothesis, used in all radiation protection practices, assumes that all doses, no matter how low, increase the risk of cancer, birth defects and heritable mutations. In vitro cell based experiments show adaptive processes in response to low doses and dose rates of low LET...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: R. E. J. Mitchel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2007-01-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.06-109.Mitchel