Low-Dose Cancer Risk Modeling Must Recognize Up-Regulation of Protection

Ionizing radiation primarily perturbs the basic molecular level proportional to dose, with potential damage propagation to higher levels: cells, tissues, organs, and whole body. There are three types of defenses against damage propagation. These operate deterministically and below a certain impact t...

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Main Authors: Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Myron Pollycove, Ronald D. Neumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-04-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.09-035.Feinendegen