Cell resensitization during protracted dosing of heterogeneous cell populations

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-687

  Hahnfeldt, Philip ^a   Hlatky, Lynn ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031755777     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579891     Document Type: Article

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