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Muller’s Nobel lecture on dose–response for ionizing radiation: ideology or science?

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Toxicology, June 2011
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Title
Muller’s Nobel lecture on dose–response for ionizing radiation: ideology or science?
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Archives of Toxicology, June 2011
DOI 10.1007/s00204-011-0728-8
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Authors

Edward J. Calabrese

Abstract

In his Nobel Prize Lecture of December 12, 1946, Hermann J. Muller argued that the dose-response for radiation-induced germ cell mutations was linear and that there was "no escape from the conclusion that there is no threshold". However, assessment of correspondence between Muller and Curt Stern 1 month prior to his Nobel Prize Lecture reveals that Muller knew the results and implications of a recently completed study at the University of Rochester under the direction of Stern, which directly contradicted his Nobel Prize Lecture. This finding is of historical importance since Muller's Nobel Lecture gained considerable international attention and is a turning point in the acceptance of the linearity model in risk assessment for germ cell mutations and carcinogens.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 5%
Unknown 38 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 7 18%
Researcher 6 15%
Student > Postgraduate 4 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 10%
Student > Master 4 10%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 9 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 15%
Physics and Astronomy 4 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Environmental Science 2 5%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 11 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 March 2024.
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#7,408,141
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#955
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#41,280
of 115,003 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Toxicology
#7
of 13 outputs
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