Autopsy of a cadaver containing strontium-89 chloride

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 380-382

  Schraml, Frank V ^a   Parr, Laurence F ^b   Ghurani, Sawson ^b   Silverman, Eugene D ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biodistribution studies; Metastatic carcinoma; Strontium 89 chloride

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 89;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BONE NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0030954625     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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