title: Response to Comments by Drs Hamaoka and Beyea on "The Birth of the Illegitimate Linear No-Threshold Model: An Invalid Paradigm for Estimating Risk Following Low-dose Radiation Exposure".
authors.affiliation: *Nuclear Physics Enterprises, Marlton, NJ †US FDA (Retired), Green Valley, AZ ‡NAC International, Alpharetta, GA §Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University-Chicago, Maywood, IL.
authors.forename: Jeffry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Pennington
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D000069079:Radiation Exposure