Managing Small Radioactive Collections in the UK: Experiences from the Polar Museum, Cambridge
By: Sophie Rowe
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.166 | Journal eISSN: 1364-0429
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Feb 22, 2018
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2018
Published on: Nov 14, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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