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EARLIER unpublished work on the effects of ethyl alcohol on cells in vitro suggested to us the possibility that alcohol might modify the response to X-rays. With the present-day interest in agents which may modify the systemic effects of radiation, it was thought worth while to carry out experiments on the influence of alcohol on the lethal effects of whole-body irradiation in mice.
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PATERSON, E., MATTHEWS, J. Protective Action of Ethyl Alcohol on Irradiated Mice. Nature 168, 1126–1127 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1681126b0
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