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Radioprotection
Volume 50, Number 3, Juillet-Septembre 2015
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| Page(s) | 195 - 201 | |
| Section | Articles | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2015003 | |
| Published online | 26 March 2015 | |
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