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Fundamental Flaws of Hormesis for Public Health Decisions

Hormesis (defined operationally as low-dose stimulation, high-dose inhibition) is often used to promote the notion that while high-level exposures to toxic chemicals could be detrimental to human health, low-level exposures would be beneficial. Some proponents claim hormesis is an adaptive, generali...

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Autores principales: Thayer, Kristina A., Melnick, Ronald, Burns, Kathy, Davis, Devra, Huff, James
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16203233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.7811