Radiation Exposure and Cancer Mortality Among Nuclear Power Plant Workers: a Meta-analysis
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Park, Eun-Sook
(Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.)
Moon, Ki-Eun (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.) Kim, Han-Na (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.) Lee, Won-Jin (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University) Jin, Young-Woo (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.) |
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