Epidemiological study of mortality among veterans of French nuclear tests in the Pacific (1966–1996)

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 61, Number 1, Janvier-Mars 2026


Page(s)		30 - 38
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2025030
Published online		20 March 2026

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