Complementary lessons learned from the testing strategies used for radiation emergencies and COVID-19: A white paper from The International Association of Biological and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Radiation Dosimetry (IABERD)

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 57, Number 3, July - September 2022


Page(s)		217 - 231
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2022022
Published online		04 August 2022

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