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Science 14 January 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4018, pp. 200 - 202
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4018.200
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Radiation Carcinogenesis at Low Doses

Harald H. Rossi 1 and Albrecht M. Kellerer 1

1 Radiologial Research Laboratories, Department of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York 10032

An analysis of experimental findings indicates that the induction of a manmmary neoplasm in the Sprague-Dawley rat is dependent on the action of radiation on more than one cell. Although a linear relation between incidence and x-ray dose might be consistent with available data, such a relation would be fortuitous and linear extrapolation to lower doses is unjustified.


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