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Research Article

Monte Carlo simulation of irradiation and killing in three-dimensional cell populations with lognormal cellular uptake of radioactivity

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Pages 115-122 | Received 03 Jan 2011, Accepted 25 Jun 2011, Published online: 30 Nov 2011

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