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Original Article

Induction of Sister Chromatid Exchanges (SCE) in G0 Lymphocytes by Plutonium-238 α-particles

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Pages 909-915 | Received 06 Nov 1987, Accepted 25 Jan 1988, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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