Ethics of Adoption and Use of the Linear No-Threshold Model
The linear no-threshold (LNT) model of ionizing radiation-induced cancer assumes that every increment of radiation dose, no matter how small, constitutes an increased cancer risk for humans. Linear no-threshold is presently the most widely applied model for radiation risk assessment. As such, it imp...
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Main Authors: | Moshe Yanovskiy (Author), Yair Y. Shaki (Author), Yehoshua Socol (Author) |
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2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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