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Original Article

The Influence of Experimental Design and Data Analysis on the Determination of Recovery Kinetics of Radiation Damage between Acute Dose-rate Treatments in Vivo

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Pages 143-162 | Received 12 Jun 1989, Accepted 01 Aug 1989, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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