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Letter to the Editor “Radiation and Environmental Biophysics”

Comment on “Sex ratio at birth: scenario from normal- and high-level natural radiation areas of Kerala coast in south-west India” by Koya PK, Jaikrishan G, Sudheer KR, Andrews VJ, Madhusoodhanan M, Jagadeesan CK, Das B. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2015 Sep 5 [Epub ahead of print]

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    Hagen Scherb, Ralf Kusmierz & Kristina Voigt

  2. Academic Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta

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Scherb, H., Grech, V., Kusmierz, R. et al. Letter to the Editor “Radiation and Environmental Biophysics”. Radiat Environ Biophys 55, 3–4 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-015-0627-0

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