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What Toxicologists And Risk Assessors Think About Hormesis: Results Of A Knowledge And Opinion Survey, Amy C. Jones
What Toxicologists And Risk Assessors Think About Hormesis: Results Of A Knowledge And Opinion Survey, Amy C. Jones
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Hormesis is a nonlinear dose-response characterized by biological responses at low doses that are opposite to those observed at higher doses. Studies and review articles on hormesis are being published at an increasing rate by researchers from diverse disciplines and debate has emerged over the role hormesis in risk assessment. As a result, a survey was conducted to assess toxicologists and risk assessors knowledge and attitudes about the hormesis dose response. Study goals were to: 1) ascertain attitudes towards hormesis and other dose-response models, 2) identify whether acceptance or rejection of hormesis is based on knowledge of hormesis, predisposing values, …