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A close correlation between electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry from tooth enamel and cytogenetic dosimetry from lymphocytes of Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivors

N NAKAMURA Department of Genetics and Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Ea ects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732, Japan.
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C. MIYAZAWA Department of Chemistry, Ohu University School of Dentistry , 31-1 Aza-Misumido, Tomita-machi, Koriyama 963,Japan.
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S SAWADA Department of Radiobiology, Research Institu te for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734, Japan.
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M AKIYAMA present address: Department of Radiological Sciences and Technology, Hiroshima Prefec tural College of Health and Welfare, 1-1 Gakuen-Machi, Mihara 723, Japan).
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A.A AWA Department of Genetics and Department of Radiobiology, Radiation Ea ects Research Foundation, 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732, Japan.
Pages 619-627 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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