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01.03.2009 | Commentary

Answer to the comment by Yoshisada Shibata on “Hiroshima survivors exposed to very low doses of A-bomb primary radiation showed a high risk for cancers”

verfasst von: Masaru Miyao, Tomoyuki Watanabe, Ryumon Honda, Yuichi Yamada

Erschienen in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Ausgabe 2/2009

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Yoshisada Shibata raises four issues with regard to our paper “Hiroshima survivors exposed to very low doses of A-bomb primary radiation showed a high risk for cancers” [1], which we would like to discuss.
(1)
Use of standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for comparisons
 
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Titel
Answer to the comment by Yoshisada Shibata on “Hiroshima survivors exposed to very low doses of A-bomb primary radiation showed a high risk for cancers”
verfasst von
Masaru Miyao
Tomoyuki Watanabe
Ryumon Honda
Yuichi Yamada
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2009
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Ausgabe 2/2009
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Elektronische ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-008-0071-8

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