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The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples.

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The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples. / Pates, Jackie M.; Cook, Gordon T.; MacKenzie, Angus B. et al.
In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 172, No. 2, 08.1993, p. 341-348.

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Pates, JM, Cook, GT, MacKenzie, AB & Thomson, J 1993, 'The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples.', Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 172, no. 2, pp. 341-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041854

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Pates, J. M., Cook, G. T., MacKenzie, A. B., & Thomson, J. (1993). The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 172(2), 341-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041854

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Pates JM, Cook GT, MacKenzie AB, Thomson J. The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 1993 Aug;172(2):341-348. doi: 10.1007/BF02041854

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Pates, Jackie M. ; Cook, Gordon T. ; MacKenzie, Angus B. et al. / The development of an alpha / beta separation liquid scintillation cocktail for aqueous samples. In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 1993 ; Vol. 172, No. 2. pp. 341-348.

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