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Original Article

General Considerations of the Choice of Dose Limits, Averaging Areas and Weighting Factors for the Skin in the Light of Revised Skin Cancer Risk Figures and Experimental Data on Non-stochastic Effects

Pages 841-858 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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