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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.

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Air Pollution, Radioactive
Child
Child, Preschool
England
Fathers
Female
Humans
Jurisprudence
Leukemia
Leukemia, Radiation-Induced
Male
Mutation
Pregnancy

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PMID: 8107860
DOI: 10.1038/367678a0

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