title: Extrapolation by proximate inference.
abstract: Scientific extrapolation, as in astronomy, is different from legal or regulatory extrapolation, as in arriving at acceptably safe levels of agents. Scientific and technological information is required in the latter process, but scientists fail to contribute when they respond to legal and regulatory questions by attempting purely scientific extrapolation.
authors.affiliation: Psychobiology Laboratory, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02116-6078.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Dews
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States