Hypoxia-mediated druGS FOR RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810801)48:3<696::aid-cncr2820480307>3.0.co;2-v