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Linear low-dose extrapolation for noncancer health effects is the exception, not the rule

Lorenz R. RhombergGradient, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Julie E. GoodmanGradient, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Lynne T. HaberToxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Michael DoursonToxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Melvin E. AndersenThe Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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James E. KlaunigDepartment of Environmental Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Bette MeekInstitute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Paul S. PriceThe Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, USA
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Roger O. McClellanAdvisor, Toxicology and Human Health Risk Analysis, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Samuel M. CohenDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Pages 1-19 | Received 18 May 2010, Accepted 27 Oct 2010, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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