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Radiation hazards in space put in perspective

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    JOHN R. LETAW

  2. E. O. Hulbert Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA

    REIN SILBERBERG & C. G. TSAO

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LETAW, J., SILBERBERG, R. & TSAO, C. Radiation hazards in space put in perspective. Nature 335, 306 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/335306a0

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