Abstract
Nature and natural science are not supposed to jump, but scientists must sometimes travel in zigzag. The follow-up of the A-bomb survivors has been a huge, dedicated effort. The health studies have evolved with admirable continuity to become the primary basis of current knowledge on the late effects of ionising radiation. The one element of uncertainty, however, that has for several decades interfered with the straight evolution of the study has been related not to the medical aspects, but - perhaps surprisingly - to the seemingly plain issue of the physics of radiation and its impact on dose assessment and risk modelling.
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