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Preface
The signing of the limited test ban treaty in September 1963
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marked the close of 14 years of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing
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spread over an 18 year period.
However, it did not mark the end
of a need for further information and interpretation of data concerning the health aspects of nuclear weapons testing.
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This pamphlet is concerned with the health aspects of nuclear
weapons testing in the atmosphere.
Nothing new is contained herein
and much has been omitted for brevity.
It is hoped, however, that
this pamphlet may in some small way assist in further enlightenment
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of a complex subject.
Gordon M. Dunning
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D. C.