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Establishment of diagnostic reference levels arising from common CT examinations in Semnan County, Iran

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|Mar 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2019-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 55
Submitted on: Aug 19, 2018
Accepted on: Dec 19, 2018
Published on: Mar 28, 2019
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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