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Original Article

The Relationship between Colony-forming Ability and Chromosomal Aberrations Induced in Human T-lymphocytes after γ-Irradiation

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Pages 293-301 | Received 11 Dec 1989, Accepted 28 Feb 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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