Measurements of W-Values for Alpha Particles in Tissue-Equivalent Gases
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan / Atomic Energy Society of Japan
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0004-7120
DOI: 10.3327/jaesj.16.206