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Paternal exposure not to blame.

Nature ·Vol. 367 ·No. 6465 ·1994-02-24 ·Pages 678-80

Doll R, Evans HJ, Darby SC

Abstract

The "Gardner hypothesis" suggests that an excess of childhood leukaemia near a nuclear reprocessing plant is caused by paternal exposure to ionizing radiation. But the evidence shows that this explanation is wrong.

MeSH Terms
Adolescent Adult Air Pollution, Radioactive Child Child, Preschool England Fathers Female Humans Jurisprudence Leukemia/epidemiology Leukemia, Radiation-Induced/etiology Male Mutation Pregnancy Radioactive Waste/adverse effects,legislation & jurisprudence Spermatozoa/radiation effects
Chemicals
Radioactive Waste
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Doll R
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Cancer Units, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, UK.
Evans H J
Darby S C
Article Info
Journal
Nature
Abbr.
Nature
ISSN
0028-0836
DOI
10.1038/367678a0
Published
1994-02-24
Pages
678-80
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0410462
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/367678a0 View journal details
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