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International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine Volume 50, 1986 - Issue 1
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Letter to Editor

Biophysical Models for the Role of Intracellular Repair in the Anomalous Enhancement of Neoplastic Transformation by Low Doses of Fission-spectrum Neutrons at Low Dose Rates: Reply to the Letter to the Editor by P. R. Burch and M. S. Chesters

M.M. Elkind Cell and Molecular Biology, Interdisciplinary Graduate Faculty, Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, U.S.A.
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C.K. Hill Division of Cancer Research, Southern California Cancer Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1414 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California, 90015, U.S.A.
Pages 181-183 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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