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Review of ‘Implications of hormesis for industrial hygiene’

Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, PO Box 807 Mayo, 420 Delaware Street SE, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA; brosseau{at}umn.edu

Hormesis is an appealing concept when considered from the evolutionary viewpoint. It may provide a new approach to deriving the `no observed adverse effect level’ for occupational exposures to chemicals. An over-reliance on mathematical modeling without a clear understanding of exposures and health outcomes stymies current scientific decision-making. Care must be taken, however, as not all endpoints will exhibit a hormetic response.

Key Words: hormesis • industrial hygiene • no observed adverse effect level • occupational exposure limit • threshold • toxicology

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 21, No. 7, 395 (2002)
DOI: 10.1191/0960327102ht266xx


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