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Original Article

Response of Cultured Human Airway Epithelial Cells to X-rays and Energetic α-particles

T.C. Yang Cell and Molecular Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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D.C. Gruenert Cardiovascular Research Institute and Cancer Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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W.R. Holley Cell and Molecular Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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S.B. Curtis Cardiovascular Research Institute and Cancer Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
Pages 509-517 | Received 30 Nov 1989, Accepted 29 Mar 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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