Review and meta-analysis of epidemiological associations between low/moderate doses of ionizing radiation and circulatory disease risks, and their possible mechanisms.

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Published in Radiat Environ Biophys on October 28, 2009

Authors

M P Little1, E J Tawn, I Tzoulaki, R Wakeford, G Hildebrandt, F Paris, S Tapio, P Elliott

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK. mark.little@imperial.ac.uk

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