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The children of parents exposed to atomic bombs: estimates of the genetic doubling dose of radiation for humans.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 1990
Neel J V, Schull W J, Awa A A, Satoh C, Kato H, Otake M, Yoshimoto Y
Abstract excerpt
The data collected in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the past 40 years on the children of survivors of the atomic bombings and on the children of a suitable control population are analyzed on the basis of the newly revised estimates of radiation doses. No statistically significant effects emerge with respect to eight different indicators. Since, however, it may confidently be assumed some mutations were induced,...
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