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Paternal exposure not to blame.

Nature - 24 Feb 1994

Doll R, Evans H J, Darby S C

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The "Gardner hypothesis" suggests that an excess of childhood leukaemia near a nuclear reprocessing plant is caused by paternal exposure to ionizing radiation. But the evidence shows that this explanation is wrong.

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PMID: 8107860
DOI: 10.1038/367678a0

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