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Causes of death among Belgian professional military radar operators: A 37-year retrospective cohort study Etienne Degrave1*, Ben Meeusen1, Andre-Robert Grivegnee2, Mathieu Boniol3 and Philippe Autier3 1 Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Military Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 2 Unit of Epidemiology and Prevention, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium 3 Epidemiology and Biostatistics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France Concerns have been raised about the safety of the electromagnetic (microwave) emissions of radars, as well as about the ionizing radiation that is emitted on short distances (
