Bernard Cohen (physicist)

Bernard Leonard Cohen (June 14, 1924 – March 17, 2012) was born in Pittsburgh,[1][self-published source?] and was Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Cohen was a staunch opponent of the so-called Linear no-threshold model (LNT) which postulates there exists no safe threshold for radiation exposure. His view which has support from a minority.[2][3] He died in March 2012.[4]

  1. ^ CV composed and posted currently, http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/Vita-Pub.htm Retrieved 23 March 2011
  2. ^ Calabrese, E (2004). "Hormesis: from marginalization to mainstream: A case for hormesis as the default dose-response model in risk assessment". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 197 (2): 125–36. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2004.02.007. PMID 15163548.
  3. ^ Puskin, Jerome S. (2010). "Letter to the Editor: Reply to Cohen's Response to EPA Position on Cancer Risk from Low Level Radiation". Dose-Response. 8 (3): 387–388. doi:10.2203/dose-response.10-012.puskin. PMC 2939694. PMID 20877494.
  4. ^ "BERNARD L. COHEN Obituary: View BERNARD COHEN's Obituary by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2012-03-20.