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Technical report Monte Carlo/numerical treatment of alpha -particle spectra from sources buried in bone and resultant doses to surface cells

D.E CHARLTON Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8
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P.L SALMON H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol University, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK.
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T.D UTTERIDGE Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
Pages 89-92 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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