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Relationship of the Velocity of a Charged Particle to its Relative Biological Effectiveness

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  1. Health Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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  2. Division of Biology and Medicine, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C.

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TURNER, J., HOLLISTER, H. Relationship of the Velocity of a Charged Particle to its Relative Biological Effectiveness. Nature 208, 36–37 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208036a0

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