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GENETIC EFFECTS OF RADIOTHERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER
1 Jul 2003
Abstract excerpt
Radiation-induced heritable diseases have not been demonstrated in humans and estimates of genetic risks for protection purposes are based on mouse experiments. The most comprehensive epidemiologic study is of the Japanese atomic bomb survivors and their children, which found little evidence for inherited defects attributable to parental radiation. Studies of workers exposed to occupational radiation or of...
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