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Technical Report A simple method for simultaneous interphase-metaphase chromosome analysis in biodosimetry

M. DURANTE Y. FURUSAWA E. GOTOH Space and Particle Radiation Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 9–1 Anagawa-4-chome, Inage–ku, Chiba 263–8555, Japan. e-mail: [email protected] (on leave of absence from the Department of Physics, University Federico II, Napoli, Italy).; Division of Genetic Resources, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1–23–1, Toyama, Shinjuku–ku, Tokyo 162–0052, Japan.
Pages 457-462 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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