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Saturday, November 1, 2014

From Atomic Insights Neural network analysis "unequivocally" reveals threshold dose response in atomic bomb victims

From Atomic Insights

Neural network analysis "unequivocally" reveals threshold dose response in atomic bomb victims


Radiation doses below about 100 - 200 mSv suppress cancer.
That bold, conventional wisdom-challenging statement is supported by an incredibly important paper titled Cancer risk at low doses of ionizing radiation: artificial neural networks inference from atomic bomb survivors published in the Journal of Radiation Research. It first appeared in an online version in December 2013.

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