Systematic review and meta-analysis of circulatory disease from exposure to low-level ionizing radiation and estimates of potential population mortality risks.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on June 22, 2012

Authors

Mark P Little1, Tamara V Azizova, Dimitry Bazyka, Simon D Bouffler, Elisabeth Cardis, Sergey Chekin, Vadim V Chumak, Francis A Cucinotta, Florent de Vathaire, Per Hall, John D Harrison, Guido Hildebrandt, Victor Ivanov, Valeriy V Kashcheev, Sergiy V Klymenko, Michaela Kreuzer, Olivier Laurent, Kotaro Ozasa, Thierry Schneider, Soile Tapio, Andrew M Taylor, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Wendy L Vandoolaeghe, Richard Wakeford, Lydia B Zablotska, Wei Zhang, Steven E Lipshultz

Author Affiliations

1: Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20852-7238, USA. mark.little@nih.gov

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