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Original Article

Modelling of Initial Events and Chemical Behaviour of Species Induced in DNA Units by Auger Electrons from 125I, 123I and Carbon

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Pages 857-862 | Received 11 Sep 1995, Accepted 15 May 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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