Changing the Risk Paradigms can be Good for Our Health: -Shaped, Linear and Threshold Dose-Response Models

Both the linear (at low doses)-no-threshold (LNT) and the threshold models ( S -shapes) dose-response lead to no benefit from low exposure. We propose three new models that allow and include, but do not require – unlike LNT and S -shaped models — this strong assumption. We also provide the means to...

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Main Authors: P. F. Ricci, S. R. Straja, A. L. Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-04-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.11-020.Ricci