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Abstract: Evidence that radon is a causative factor in the induction of leukaemia and other cancers

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Henshaw, D.L. Abstract: Evidence that radon is a causative factor in the induction of leukaemia and other cancers. Environ Geochem Health 13, 151 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01758552

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