Preserving the Anti-Scientific Linear No-Threshold Myth: Authority, Agnosticism, Transparency, and the Standard of Care

• मुख्य लेखकों: Bill Sacks (लेखक), Jeffry A. Siegel (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SAGE Publishing, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption is over 70 years old and holds that all ionizing radiation exposure leaves cumulative effects, all of which are harmful regardless of how low the dose or dose rate is. The claimed harm centers on the risk of future radiogenic cancer. This has been shown count...