In 1993 it was merged with the National Institute of Radiation Hygiene to form the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority.
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The New York Academy of Sciences published a fourth review, by M . I . Balonov of Institute of Radiation Hygiene, St . Petersburg, Russia.
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The estimated human health impacts were criticized by M . I . Balonov of the Institute of Radiation Hygiene, St . Petersburg, Russia who described them as biased, drawing from sources which were difficult to independently verify and lacking a proper scientific base.
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The New York Academy of Sciences also published a severely critical review by M . I . Balonov from the Institute of Radiation Hygiene ( St . Petersburg, Russia ) which stated that " The value of [ " Consequences " ] is not zero, but negative, as its bias is obvious only to specialists, while inexperienced readers may well be put into deep error ."