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DOI: 10.47183/mes.2023.029

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The effect of moderate and low doses of ionizing radiation on higher nervous activity of humans and animals

Atamanyuk NI
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Ural Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Natalia I. Atamanyuk
Vorovskogo, 68A, Chelyabinsk, 454141, Russia; ur.liam@arhlup_ativ

Received: 2023-06-24 Accepted: 2023-08-07 Published online: 2023-09-25
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