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int. j. radiat. biol 1998, vol. 73 , no. 4 , 353 Foreword European Radiation Research `97, a joint meeting of the Association for Radiation Research (ARR) and the European Society for Radiation Biology (ESRB), was held at the University of Oxford from 24± 26th September 1997. There were 230 participants from 29 di å erent countries. A total of 96 oral papers and 72 posters were presented. The oral presentations consisted of invited lectures and shorter pro å ered papers. The intention was to organize a European-based multi-disciplinary meeting involving both basic and applied aspects of radiation science and to use this meeting as a platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, ideas and visions in the ® eld. This was satisfactorily ful® lled. In fact ERR `97 proved to be a truly international and multi-disciplinary meeting. The programme was further enriched by contributions from the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the European Late E å ects Project Group (EULEP) both of whom had arranged symposia within the framework of the meeting. This was a successful meeting and the present Special Issue is a compilation of 12 keynote lectures presented at ERR `97. Mohi Rezvani Guest Editor 0955± 3002/98 $12.00 Ñ 1998 Taylor & Francis Ltd Int J Radiat Biol Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by McMaster University on 10/30/14 For personal use only.
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int. j. radiat. biol 1998, vol. 73, no. 4, 353
Foreword
European Radiation Research `97, a joint meeting of the Association for Radiation Research (ARR) and the EuropeanSociety for Radiation Biology (ESRB), was held at the University of Oxford from 24 ± 26th September 1997. There were230 participants from 29 di å erent countries. A total of 96 oral papers and 72 posters were presented. The oralpresentations consisted of invited lectures and shorter pro å ered papers.
The intention was to organize a European-based multi-disciplinary meeting involving both basic and applied aspectsof radiation science and to use this meeting as a platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, ideas and visions in the® eld. This was satisfactorily ful® lled. In fact ERR `97 proved to be a truly international and multi-disciplinary meeting.The programme was further enriched by contributions from the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology andOncology (ESTRO) and the European Late E å ects Project Group (EULEP) both of whom had arranged symposia withinthe framework of the meeting.
This was a successful meeting and the present Special Issue is a compilation of 12 keynote lectures presented at ERR `97.Mohi Rezvani
Guest Editor
0955 ± 3002/98 $12.00 Ñ 1998 Taylor & Francis Ltd
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