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[Evolution of the ideas on genetic hazards of ionizing radiation in humans].
Radiatsionnaia biologiia, radioecologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Shevchenko V A
Abstract excerpt
Based on the reports of UNSCEAR for the period from 1958 to 2001 the paper presents a retrospective analysis of the use of direct methods and the doubling dose method for quantitative determination of the genetic risk of human exposure expressed as different hereditary diseases. As early as 1962 UNSCEAR estimated the doubling dose (a dose causing as many mutations as those occurring spontaneously during one...
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