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Radiation Epidemiology

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Radiation epidemiology aims at investigating the health effects of radiation exposure due to different types of radiation. It is one of the best established specialized fields of epidemiology. The discovery of ionizing radiation in 1895 led to a wealth of subsequent scientific studies on physical, biological, and clinical radiation effects. Medical scientists and epidemiologists have continued to show intense interest in exploring health effects of radiation exposure in environmental, medical, military, and occupational settings, and the large studies of radiation-exposed populations belong to the milestones of international epidemiological research.

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Zeeb, H., Merzenich, H., Wicke, H., Blettner, M. (2014). Radiation Epidemiology. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0_68

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