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Chemical Protection against Alpha-Particle Irradiation

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    TIKVAH ALPER

  2. Medical Research Council, Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W.12

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ALPER, T., BEWLEY, D. & FOWLER, J. Chemical Protection against Alpha-Particle Irradiation. Nature 194, 1245–1247 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1941245a0

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