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The Controversial Linear No-Threshold Model

Wolfgang Weber and Pat Zanzonico
Journal of Nuclear Medicine January 2017, 58 (1) 7-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.182667
Wolfgang Weber
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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vol. 58 no. 1 7-8
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.116.182667
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27754908

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0161-5505
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2159-662X
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  • Received for publication September 22, 2016
  • Accepted for publication September 23, 2016
  • Published online January 3, 2017.

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