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Comment on The human sex odds at birth after the atmospheric atomic bomb tests, after Chernobyl, and in the vicinity of nuclear facilities, Hagen Scherb & Kristina Voigt Environ, Sci Pollut Res (2011) 18:697–707

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Bochud, F., Jung, T. Comment on The human sex odds at birth after the atmospheric atomic bomb tests, after Chernobyl, and in the vicinity of nuclear facilities, Hagen Scherb & Kristina Voigt Environ, Sci Pollut Res (2011) 18:697–707. Environ Sci Pollut Res 19, 2456–2459 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-0767-6

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