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Acta Radiologica: Oncology Volume 19, 1980 - Issue 3
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Collimation of High Energy Electron Beams

I. Lax Departments of Hospital Physics, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-10401, Stockholm; Radiation Physics, Karolinska Institutet, S-104, Stockholm, Sweden
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A. Brahme Departments of Hospital Physics, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-10401, Stockholm; Radiation Physics, Karolinska Institutet, S-104, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 199-207 | Received 17 Sep 1979, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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