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RBE for the induction of apoptosis in human peripheral lymphocytes exposed in vitro to high-LET radiation generated by accelerated nitrogen ions

A. E. MEIJER U.-S. E. KRONQVIST R. LEWENSOHN M. HARMS-RINGDAHL Swedish Radiation Protection Institu te, S-171 16 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Radiobiology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.; Unit of Medical Radiobiology, Department of Oncology/Patholog y, Karolinska Institu te, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
Pages 169-177 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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