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Original Article

Hematopoietic Death of Unprotected Man from Photon Irradiations: Statistical Modeling from Animal Experiments

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Pages 445-461 | Received 25 Jul 1988, Accepted 20 Oct 1988, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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