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International Journal of Radiation Biology Volume 95, 2019 - Issue 7: 60th Anniversary Special Issue: Back to our Future
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Funding for radiation research: past, present and future

Kunwoo ChoNatural Radiation Safety Department, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), Daejeon, South Korea; View further author information
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Tatsuhiko ImaokaDepartment of Radiation Effects Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Chiba, Japan; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-585XView further author information
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Dmitry KlokovRadiobiology and Health Branch, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Ontario, Canada; ;Ottawa, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-1431View further author information
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Tatjana PauneskuDepartment of Radiation Oncology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-2938View further author information
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Sisko SalomaaDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; View further author information
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Mandy BirschwilksUnit PB3 “National and International Cooperation in Radiation Protection”, Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Neuherberg, Germany; View further author information
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Simon BoufflerRadiation Effects Department, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England (PHE), Oxfordshire, UK; View further author information
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Antone L. BrooksEnvironmental Science Washington State University, Richland, WA, USA; View further author information
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Tom K. HeiCenter for Radiological Research, Department of Radiation Oncology College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; View further author information
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Toshiyasu IwasakiRadiation Safety Research Center, Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Tetsuya OnoDepartment of Radiobiology, Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES), Aomori, Japan; View further author information
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Kazuo SakaiFaculty of Nursing, Tokyo Healthcare University, Tokyo, Japan; View further author information
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Andrzej WojcikCentre for Radiation Protection Research, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3951-774XView further author information
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Gayle E. WoloschakDepartment of Radiation Oncology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9209-8954View further author information
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Yutaka YamadaNIRS, Fukushima Project Headquarters, Chiba, JapanView further author information
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Nobuyuki HamadaRadiation Safety Research Center, Nuclear Technology Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Tokyo, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 816-840 | Received 03 Oct 2018, Accepted 05 Dec 2018, Published online: 15 Feb 2019

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