Quality of high-energy X-ray radiotherapy beams: Issues of adequacy of routine experimental verification

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Sharma, S D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 40749137429     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.39416     Document Type: Editorial

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