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Age and microdistribution of 210Pb at caribou bone surfaces measured by repeated alpha spectroscopy of 210Po

P.L SALMON H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, UK.
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E. T. AROLA Department of Physics, Keele University, Keele, Staa ordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
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R. F. CLAYTON National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton, Didcot Oxon. OX11 0RQ, UK.
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P. A THOMAS Toxicology Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 44 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5B3.
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D. L. HENSHAW H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, UK.
Pages 65-81 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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