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Rejoining of DNA single- and double-strand breaks in human white blood cells exposed to ionizing radiation

P BANATH Medical Biophysics Department, British Columbia Canc er Research Centre, 601 W. 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada.
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M FUSHIKI Present address: Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa, Otsu, 520-21 Japan.
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P.L OLIVE Medical Biophysics Department, British Columbia Canc er Research Centre, 601 W. 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada.
Pages 649-660 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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