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Original Article

Energy Deposition in Small Ellipsoidal Volumes by High-LET Particles: Application to Thermal Neutron Dosimetry

Pages 827-842 | Received 03 May 1990, Accepted 02 Oct 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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