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. 2018 Nov 1;59(6):765-766.
doi: 10.1093/jrr/rry079.

Thirty-two years post-Chernobyl: risk perception about radiation and health effects among the young generation in Gomel, Republic of Belarus

Rei Ohkuma  1 , Jumpei Takahashi  1 , Tamara Sharshakova  2 , Anastasiya Sachkouskaya  2 , Anatoly Lyzikov  2 , Evgenii Voropaev  2 , Dmitrii Ruzanov  2 , Makiko Orita  1 , Yasuyuki Taira  1 , Noboru Takamura  1
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Thirty-two years post-Chernobyl: risk perception about radiation and health effects among the young generation in Gomel, Republic of Belarus

Rei Ohkuma et al. J Radiat Res. .
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