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Nishizawa, K., Yoshinaga, S., Karppinen, J., Vehmas, T. (2005). Radiation Exposure and Risk Assessment in HRCT. In: Kusaka, Y., Hering, K.G., Parker, J.E. (eds) International Classification of HRCT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27512-6_5
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