Is Chernobyl radiation really causing negative individual and population-level effects on barn swallows?

J T Smith¹

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J T Smith. Biol Lett. 2008.

. 2008 Feb 23;4(1):63-4; discussion 65-6.

doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0430.

J T Smith¹

¹ School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK. jim.smith@port.ac.uk

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Elevated frequency of abnormalities in barn swallows from Chernobyl.
Møller AP, Mousseau TA, de Lope F, Saino N. Møller AP, et al. Biol Lett. 2007 Aug 22;3(4):414-7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0136. Biol Lett. 2007. PMID: 17439847 Free PMC article.

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