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Characteristics of the photon radiation field of flat sources in tissue-equivalent plates

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  1. V. Yu. Golikov
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Translated from Atomnaya Energiya, Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 341–346, November, 1989.

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Golikov, V.Y., Barkovskii, A.N. & Likhtarev, I.A. Characteristics of the photon radiation field of flat sources in tissue-equivalent plates. At Energy 67, 829–836 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01126136

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