Atomic bomb health benefits

Dose-Response

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-382

  Luckey, T D ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb; Cancer; Health; Lifespan; LNT; Mutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349345914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.08-009.Luckey     Document Type: Article

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