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September 1989
Department of Radiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark.
When the atomic nucleus of 125I decays by orbital electron capture followed by internal conversion, numerous very-low-energy electrons (Auger electrons) are emitted, so that the energy density in the immediate vicinity of the decay site is extremely high. 125I incorporated into DNA was as effective as densely ionising 5.3 MeV alpha-particles from 210Po in reducing the sperm-head population in mice.
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