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. 1954 Mar;40(3):171–178. doi: 10.1073/pnas.40.3.171

PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF CYSTEINE, SODIUM HYPOSULFITE, AND SODIUM CYANIDE AGAINST RADIATION INDUCED CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS*

Knut Mikaelsen 1,†
PMCID: PMC527967  PMID: 16589451

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