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Estimating imprecision of radioassays and related procedures: Some considerations

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Sadler, W.A. Estimating imprecision of radioassays and related procedures: Some considerations. Eur J Nucl Med 18, 863–865 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02258450

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