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THE variation of the frequency of chromosomal aberrations as a function of radiation dose-rate has been the subject of numerous experimental investigations, and the results of such studies have been of considerable importance in formulating theories of the basic mechanisms of radiation action1. With the recent availability of radiation sources of great intensity, such as electron linear accelerators, and the development of reliable dosimetric techniques for use at these intensities, the extension of studies on chromosomal breakage into the range of the extremely high dose-rates has become feasible.
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KIRBY-SMITH, J., DOLPHIN, G. Chromosome Breakage at High Radiation Dose-Rates. Nature 182, 270–271 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182270a0
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