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Nature 436, 610-611 (4 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/436610b; Published online 3 August 2005
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Shadow hangs over research into Japan's bomb victims
Tom Simonite
On 6 and 9 August 1945, nuclear bombs dropped by the United States flattened the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The explosions killed 120,000 people; at least twice as many have since died from the effects of being exposed to radiation.
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