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Q.

Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The fundamental goal of a dose - response assessment is to obtain a mathematical relationship between the amount of a toxicant that a human is exposed to and the risk that there will be.

Reason (R) :To apply dose - response data obtained from animal bioassay to humans, a scaling factor must be introduced.

[A] Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
[B] Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
[C] (A) is true, but (R) is false.
[D] (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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