A contribution to the linear no-threshold discussion.

doi:10.1088/0952-4746/23/1/304

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A contribution to the linear no-threshold discussion.

Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection - 1 Mar 2003

Chadwick K H, Leenhouts H P, Brugmans M J P

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The paper approaches the linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis, currently used as the basis for recommendations in radiological protection, from the point of view of the radiation mechanism. All considerations of the validity of the LNT hypothesis based on experiment or epidemiology are dismissed because of the impossibility of deriving statistically significant data at very low doses. Instead, the LNT hypothesis...

Topics

Cell Death
Chromosome Aberrations
DNA
DNA Damage
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Radiation Protection
Threshold Limit Values

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PMID: 12729419
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/23/1/304

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