The use of delay tanks in the management of radioactive waste from thyroid therapy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-94

  Goddard, C ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0033008394     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199901000-00013     Document Type: Article

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