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Low dose hyper-radiosensitivity and increased radioresistance in mammalian cells

B. MARPLES, P. LAMBIN, K. A. SKOV and M. C. JOINER Gray Laboratory, P.O. Box 100, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, U.K.
Pages 721-735 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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