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Response to “On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks” by Walsh et al.

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  1. Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-9778, USA

    Mark P. Little

  2. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20460, USA

    David J. Pawel

  3. Laboratoire d’Épidémiologie, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP 17, 92262, Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France

    Kossi Abalo

  4. Institute of Biostatistics and Registry Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Fehrbelliner Strasse 38, 16816, Neuruppin, Germany

    Michael Hauptmann

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Little, M.P., Pawel, D.J., Abalo, K. et al. Response to “On the choice of methodology for evaluating dose-rate effects on radiation-related cancer risks” by Walsh et al.. Radiat Environ Biophys 60, 515–516 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-021-00935-5

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