Radiation doses

Sir-There are some serious faults in the paper by Gardner et al. ' claiming that four of the cases of child leukaemia out of 46 cases studied were due to radiation doses of 100 mSv or more received over 6-10 years by their fathers before the child was conceived, producing a heritable tendency t...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1990-05, Vol.345 (6271), p.106-106
Main Author: FREMLIN, J. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Children & youth
Cluster Analysis
correspondence
Fathers
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Leukemia
Leukemia, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology
Leukemia, Radiation-Induced - genetics
Male
multidisciplinary
Radiation
Radiation Dosage
Radioactive Waste - adverse effects
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
United Kingdom
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Summary:Sir-There are some serious faults in the paper by Gardner et al. ' claiming that four of the cases of child leukaemia out of 46 cases studied were due to radiation doses of 100 mSv or more received over 6-10 years by their fathers before the child was conceived, producing a heritable tendency to leukaemia.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/345106b0