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Original Article

Relative Contributions of Levels of Initial Damage and Repair of Double-strand Breaks to the Ionizing Radiation-sensitive Phenotype of the Chinese Hamster Cell Mutant, XR-V15B. Part II. Neutrons

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Pages 531-538 | Received 26 May 1993, Accepted 22 Aug 1993, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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