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  1. Applied Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria

    Jolyon H. Hendry

  2. Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 1-8-6 Nakagawa, Nagasaki, 850-0013, Japan

    M. Akahoshi

  3. Department of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Radiation Medicine, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing, 100850, People’s Republic of China

    Li Sheng Wang

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, P.O. Box 016820, Miami, FL, 33101, USA

    Steven E. Lipshultz

  5. Experimental Therapy, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066, CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Fiona A. Stewart

  6. Osterberg 4, 83703, Gmund, Germany

    Klaus R. Trott

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Hendry, J.H., Akahoshi, M., Wang, L.S. et al. Radiation-induced cardiovascular injury. Radiat Environ Biophys 47, 189–193 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-007-0155-7

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