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Nuclear Weapons Tests and Human Germline Mutation Rate | Synapse

February 8, 2002

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Nuclear Weapons Tests and Human Germline Mutation Rate

YDYuri E. DubrovaRussian Academy of Sciences RBRakhmet I. BersimbaevL. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University LDLeyla DjansugurovaAl-Farabi Kazakh National University

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The population around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan provides an unparalleled opportunity for the analysis of the genetic risk of ionizing radiation to humans. The Semipalatinsk nuclear test site has been the site for 470 nuclear tests performed by the Soviet Union during the

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbdcc7f7e0c66ced8369c3 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1068102

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