Ionizing radiation

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Brent, Robert L ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347770783     PISSN: 00136654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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