title: Biological effects of low-level environmental agents.
abstract: We compare three similar but different biological effects: provocation-neutralisation treatment of non-antibody-mediated hypersensitivities, hormesis and low-level effects in radiation biology. All three have not yet been fully explained but share some common and interesting properties: non-linear concentration dependence, typical stress pattern and typical immune response. We try to make a generalisation of the three phenomena in terms of the informational properties of the low concentrations, and imply the possible common mechanism.
authors.affiliation: BION, Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia. primoz.kmecl@guest.arnes.si
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kmecl
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jerman
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011830:Radiation Effects
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants