What dose metaphor?
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چکیده
The concept of hormesis, or low-dose U-shaped responses, is now well established in toxicology and pharmacology but requires development in medicine and therapeutics. In doing so, care must be taken to not confuse metaphorical and chemical uses of the term hormesis. Low dose, continuous adaptive responses are fundamentally different than conventional pharmacology, and they may improve the scientific underpinning for complementary medicine, nutrition and lifestyle therapies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Human & experimental toxicology
دوره 29 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010