Journal of Radiological Protection
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Mark P Little et al 2009 J. Radiol. Prot. 29 467 doi:10.1088/0952-4746/29/4/001
Updated estimates of the proportion of childhood leukaemia incidence in Great Britain that may be caused by natural background ionising radiation
FEATURED ARTICLEMark P Little1,4, Richard Wakeford2 and Gerald M Kendall3
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