Practical Implications of Nonlinear Effects in Risk-Assessment Harmonization
Cancer and noncancer health effects have traditionally been handled differently in quantitative risk assessment. A threshold (i.e., safe exposure) has been assumed for noncancer health effects, and low-dose linearity without a threshold has been assumed for cancer. “Harmonization” attempts to reconc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1080/15401420490426927 |