Background radiation impacts human longevity and cancer mortality: reconsidering the linear no-threshold paradigm
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biogerontology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1389-5729,1573-6768
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-020-09909-4