Malignancies in patients treated with high doses of Radium-224

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Nekolla, Elke A ^a   Kellerer, Albrecht M ^a,b   Kuse Isingschulte, Martin ^a   Eder, Erwin ^c   Spiess, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Stt Min Stt Devmt/EA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM 224;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BREAST CARCINOMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIUM THERAPY; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0032733453     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580102     Document Type: Article

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