Establishment of diagnostic reference levels arising from common CT examinations in Semnan County, Iran
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1898-0309
DOI: 10.2478/pjmpe-2019-0008