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Construction and pre-evaluation of an in-house cylindrical ionization chamber fabricated from locally available materials

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|Nov 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2022-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 188 - 199
Submitted on: Jun 26, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2022
Published on: Nov 17, 2022
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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