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Response to “model averaging in the analysis of leukaemia mortality among Japanese A-bomb survivors” by Richardson and Cole

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  1. Federal Office for Radiation Protection, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    L. Walsh

  2. Department of Radiation Sciences, Institute of Radiation Protection, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    J. C. Kaiser, H. Schöllnberger & P. Jacob

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Walsh, L., Kaiser, J.C., Schöllnberger, H. et al. Response to “model averaging in the analysis of leukaemia mortality among Japanese A-bomb survivors” by Richardson and Cole. Radiat Environ Biophys 51, 97–100 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-011-0397-2

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