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Oral administration of tritiated water (HTO) in mouse. III: Low dose-rate irradiation and threshold dose-rate for radiation risk

O. YAMAMOTO T. SEYAMA H. ITOH N. FUJIMOTO Radiation E ect Research Foundation, Hijiyama 5-2, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732, Japan.
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