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The Effect of Radiation on a Variety of Pharmaceuticals and Materials Containing Polymers

Mine Silindir and Yekta Özer
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology March 2012, 66 (2) 184-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00774

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