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Richard Wakeford1, Anssi Auvinen, R Nick Gent
1The University of Manchester, Manchester, United KingdomCentre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, richard.wakeford@manchester.ac.ukUniversity of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandPublic Health England, Chilton, United KingdomHelmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, GermanyInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, FranceInstitute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, Fontenay aux Roses, FranceInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, FranceRadiation Effects Research Foundation (Retired), Hiroshima, JapanFederal Office for Radiation Protection, Oberschleissheim, GermanyPublic Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom.
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