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Original Article

Fast Neutron r.b.e. for Lethality and Genotoxicity in a Wild-type and a Repair-deficient Strain of Yeast

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Pages 811-824 | Received 14 Feb 1986, Accepted 10 Apr 1986, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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