Establishment of local diagnostic reference levels for typical radiography examinations in the west region of Croatia
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1451-3994,1452-8185
DOI: 10.2298/ntrp180831015s