ENLIGHT and other EU-funded projects in hadron therapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 994, 2010, Pages 811-813

  Dosanjh, M ^a   Jones, B ^b,c   Meyer, R ^d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d EBG MedAustron GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HADRON; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ION THERAPY; JAPAN; NOTE; ONCOLOGY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EUROPE; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 77957683912     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/49490647     Document Type: Note

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