American radium engenders telecurie therapy during World War I

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1212-1216

  Robison, Roger ^a  

^a Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Radiotherapy; Radium; Radon; Teleradium

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GAMMA RAYS; HOSPITALS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADON;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; MEDICAL SCHOOLS; MINING COMPANIES; NEW YORK CITY; PRIVATE HOSPITALS; SKIN SURFACES; TELERADIUM;

RADIUM;

RADIUM; RADON;

CANCER THERAPY; EUROPE; GAMMA RADIATION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034089117     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598998     Document Type: Review

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