Infant leukaemia after in utero exposure to radiation from Chernobyl.

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Published in Nature on July 25, 1996

Authors

E Petridou1, D Trichopoulos, N Dessypris, V Flytzani, S Haidas, M Kalmanti, D Koliouskas, H Kosmidis, F Piperopoulou, F Tzortzatou

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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