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Frequencies and types of exchange aberrations induced by X-rays and neutrons in Chinese hamster splenocytes detected by FISH using chromosome-specific DNA libraries

M. GRIGOROVA R. BRAND Y. XIAO A. T. NATARAJAN MGC, Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 72, PO Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. email HYPERLINK mailto:[email protected].; Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University, Medical Centre, The Netherlands.; J. A. Cohen Institute, Interuniversity Institute of Radiopathology and Radiation Protection, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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