Re: LNT - a semantic comment

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

>There is nothing about the Taylor series that says the coefficient of the 

>linear term cannot be zero or negative. The dominance of the linear term 

>occurs only very close to zero dose.

    In general, any possible dose-response curve ican be valid and the 

Taylor series can always accommodate to it.



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Again I agree - it is about the slope in the limit. Of course the slope can 

have zero or negative values.

It is good that this discussion is moving forward.



Now what do we have?



Mathematical theory but not a corresponding biological one in terms of 

mechanisms.



My personal ideas only,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com





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