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Spectrometric Determination of Dose Rates from Natural and Fall-Out Gamma-Radiation in the United States, 1962–63

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LOWDER, W., BECK, H. & CONDON, W. Spectrometric Determination of Dose Rates from Natural and Fall-Out Gamma-Radiation in the United States, 1962–63. Nature 202, 745–749 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202745a0

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