Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 392-402 , September 2008

Effects of Low Level Radiation—What's New?

  • Henry D. Royal, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Henry D. Royal, MD, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, 510 S. Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.

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PII: S0001-2998(08)00072-X

doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.05.006

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 392-402 , September 2008

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