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Effect of Environmental Temperature on the Response of Mice to Whole-Body Roentgen Radiation

W. W. Smíth, B. Highman, J.R. Mitchell, Charles B. Henry

Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1949 · 20 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The net effect of a sufficiently cold environment is to lower the resistance of mice to the lethal action of X-rays.