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Clustering of radiation-produced breaks along chromosomes: modelling the effects on chromosome aberrations

R. K. SACHS, A. M. CHEN, P. J. SIMPSON, L. R. HLATKY, P. HAHNFELDT J., R. K. SAVAGE Department of Mathematics, Evans Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 98220, USA.
Pages 657-672 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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