title: Letter to the Editor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. Tel.:+356 99495813; victor.e.grech@gov.mt.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grech
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012744:Sex Ratio