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Research Article

Dose calculation in biological samples in a mixed neutron-gamma field at the TRIGA reactor of the University of Mainz

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Pages 1165-1169 | Received 19 May 2010, Accepted 08 Jun 2010, Published online: 13 Sep 2010

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