Radiation, Ecology and the Invalid LNT Model: The Evolutionary Imperative
Metabolic and energetic efficiency, and hence fitness of organisms to survive, should be maximal in their habitats. This tenet of evolutionary biology invalidates the linear-no-threshold (LNT) model for the risk consequences of environmental agents. Hormesis in response to selection for maximum meta...
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Main Author: | Peter A. Parsons (Author) |
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2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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