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A critical review of the literature leads to the conclusion that at the radiation doses generally of concern in radiation protection (<2 Gy), protracted exposure to low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation (x- or γ-rays) does not appear to cause lung cancer. There is, in fact, indication of a reduction of the natural incidence.
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Received: 3 February 1997 / Accepted in revised form: 15 April 1997
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Rossi, H., Zaider, M. Radiogenic lung cancer: the effects of low doses of low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation. Radiat Environ Biophys 36, 85–88 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004110050058
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004110050058