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A Clash of Old and New Scientific Concepts in Toxicity, with Important Implications for Public Health

BACKGROUND: A core assumption of current toxicologic procedures used to establish health standards for chemical exposures is that testing the safety of chemicals at high doses can be used to predict the effects of low-dose exposures, such as those common in the general population. This assumption is...

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Autores principales: Myers, John Peterson, Zoeller, R. Thomas, vom Saal, Frederick S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900887