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Wartime doses of radiation: revised submission to the Medical Research Council
Catalogue reference: HO 227/132
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- 1968
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Wartime doses of radiation: revised submission to the Medical Research Council
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- SA/PR 132
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Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch and successors: Reports (SA/PR Series)
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