Question
The dose for an incremental lifetime cancer risk of 10-6
(a) Increases as the estimated cancer slope factor increases
(b) Decreases as the estimated cancer slope factor increases
(c) Is independent of the value of the cancer slope factor
(a) Increases as the estimated cancer slope factor increases
(b) Decreases as the estimated cancer slope factor increases
(c) Is independent of the value of the cancer slope factor
Answers
drwls
(b) At a higher risk/dose slope factor, a smaller dose is needed to increase the risk by a given amount.