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Science 17 October 2003:
Vol. 302. no. 5644, p. 378
DOI: 10.1126/science.302.5644.378
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HORMESIS:
A Healthful Dab of Radiation?

Jocelyn Kaiser

The notion that certain toxic chemicals can be healthful in small doses is stirring new controversy (see main text), but a similar debate about low-dose ionizing radiation has been raging for decades.

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