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Ionization Chamber Dosimetry for Photon and Electron Beams

P. R. Almond Department of Physics, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital, S-901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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H. Svensson Department of Physics, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital, S-901 85, Umeå, Sweden
Pages 177-186 | Received 11 Oct 1976, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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