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Original Article

Long-term Effects of Low-level 239Pu Contamination on Murine Bone-marrow Stem Cells and Their Progeny

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Pages 517-526 | Received 20 Mar 1987, Accepted 14 Jun 1987, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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