The dose-response relationship for cardiovascular disease is not necessarily linear
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The dose-response relationship for cardiovascular disease is not necessarily linear
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-017-0811-2