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Measurements of environmental γ radiation levels on Eniwetok Atoll were combined with pertinent population distributions and expected future life styles to assess the external doses that could be received by the Marshallese people on their return to the former US nuclear weapons test site in the Pacific.
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Gudiksen, P., Jones, D., Beck, H. et al. External dose estimates for future inhabitants of Eniwetok Atoll. Nature 257, 284–287 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257284a0
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