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Development of a Monte Carlo track structure code for low-energy protons in water

S. Uehara School of Health Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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L. H. Toburen Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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H. Nikjoo Medical Research Council, Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell OX11 0RD, UK
Pages 139-154 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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