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Acta Radiologica: Oncology Volume 22, 1983 - Issue 6
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Original Article

OER and RBE of High Energy Neutron Beams for Growth Inhibition in Vicia Faba

J. Van Dam LABORATORIUM VOOR GYNAECOLOGISCHE CANCEROLOGIE EN EXPERIMENTELE RADIOTHERAPIE EN DIENST VOOR GEZWELZIEKTEN, A. Z. ST-RAFAéL, K. U. LEUVEN, B-3000, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; RADIOBIOLOGIC INSTITUTE TNO, 2280 HV RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS; UNITé DE RADIOTHéRAPIE ET DE NEUTRONTHéRAPIE, UCL-CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES ST-LUC, B-1200, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
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G. Billiet LABORATORIUM VOOR GYNAECOLOGISCHE CANCEROLOGIE EN EXPERIMENTELE RADIOTHERAPIE EN DIENST VOOR GEZWELZIEKTEN, A. Z. ST-RAFAéL, K. U. LEUVEN, B-3000, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; RADIOBIOLOGIC INSTITUTE TNO, 2280 HV RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS; UNITé DE RADIOTHéRAPIE ET DE NEUTRONTHéRAPIE, UCL-CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES ST-LUC, B-1200, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
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J. Zoetelief LABORATORIUM VOOR GYNAECOLOGISCHE CANCEROLOGIE EN EXPERIMENTELE RADIOTHERAPIE EN DIENST VOOR GEZWELZIEKTEN, A. Z. ST-RAFAéL, K. U. LEUVEN, B-3000, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; RADIOBIOLOGIC INSTITUTE TNO, 2280 HV RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS; UNITé DE RADIOTHéRAPIE ET DE NEUTRONTHéRAPIE, UCL-CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES ST-LUC, B-1200, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
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J. J. Broerse LABORATORIUM VOOR GYNAECOLOGISCHE CANCEROLOGIE EN EXPERIMENTELE RADIOTHERAPIE EN DIENST VOOR GEZWELZIEKTEN, A. Z. ST-RAFAéL, K. U. LEUVEN, B-3000, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; RADIOBIOLOGIC INSTITUTE TNO, 2280 HV RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS; UNITé DE RADIOTHéRAPIE ET DE NEUTRONTHéRAPIE, UCL-CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES ST-LUC, B-1200, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
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A. Wambersie LABORATORIUM VOOR GYNAECOLOGISCHE CANCEROLOGIE EN EXPERIMENTELE RADIOTHERAPIE EN DIENST VOOR GEZWELZIEKTEN, A. Z. ST-RAFAéL, K. U. LEUVEN, B-3000, LEUVEN, BELGIUM; RADIOBIOLOGIC INSTITUTE TNO, 2280 HV RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS; UNITé DE RADIOTHéRAPIE ET DE NEUTRONTHéRAPIE, UCL-CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES ST-LUC, B-1200, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
Pages 493-496 | Accepted 06 Jun 1982, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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