Experimental radiotherapy: A brief history

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Rockwell, Sara ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031797941     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579817     Document Type: Article

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