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This chapter summarizes all the effects which influence — either directly or indirectly — the children of the exposed individual. These are disturbances of fertility, intrauterine death, teratogenesis and genetic changes. The experimental methods for hazard assessment are introduced and the basis for risk estimates discussed.
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AUERBACH 1976, CZEIZEL and SANKARANARAYANAN 1984, DALRYMPLE et al. 1973, JENSH and BRENT 1987, KRIEGEL et al. 1986, NEEL and MOHRENWEISER 1984, SEARLE 1974, 1987, UNSCEAR 1972, 1977, 1986, WOLSKI 1982
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Kiefer, J. (1990). Radiation Effects and Progeny. In: Biological Radiation Effects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83769-2_19
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