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Comment
. 2013 Aug 30:11:92.
doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-92.

Low-dose radiation, scientific scrutiny, and requirements for demonstrating effects

Anders Pape Møller  1 , Timothy Alexander Mousseau
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Low-dose radiation, scientific scrutiny, and requirements for demonstrating effects

Anders Pape Møller et al. BMC Biol. .

Abstract

Recent nuclear accidents have prompted renewed interest in the fitness consequences of low-dose radiation. Hiyama et al. provided information on such effects in the Japanese pale grass blue butterfly in a paper that has been viewed more than 300,000 times, prompting a barrage of criticism. These exchanges highlight the role of scrutiny in studies with potential effects on humans, but also raise questions about minimum requirements for demonstrating biological effects.

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