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Original Article

Frequencies of Complex Chromosome Exchange Aberrations Induced by 238Pu α-particles and Detected by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Using Single Chromosome-specific Probes

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Pages 431-439 | Received 12 Sep 1994, Accepted 28 Nov 1994, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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