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Ionizing radiation induces a severe form of DNA damage through clustering of ionizations: the DNA double-strand break (DSB).
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This work was supported in part by the DFG graduate training program (GRK1431) and grants from BMBF and BMWi.
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Iliakis, G. (2018). The Biological Foundations of Risks from Ionizing Radiation Exposures: How an Understanding of Associated Effects Will Help Their Quantification and Mitigation. In: Wilderer, P., Renn, O., Grambow, M., Molls, M., Mainzer, K. (eds) Sustainable Risk Management. Strategies for Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66233-6_12
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