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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2018-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1508-5791 | Journal ISSN: 0029-5922
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 72
Submitted on: Nov 15, 2017
Accepted on: May 15, 2018
Published on: Nov 2, 2018
Published by: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Allan Felipe Nunes Perna, Sergei Anatolyevich Paschuk, Janine Nicolosi Corrêa, Danielle Cristine Narloch, Rafael Carvalho Barreto, Flávia Del Claro, Valeriy Denyak, published by Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
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