Recent trends in the concept of specific activity: Impact on radiochemical and radiopharmaceutical producers

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 812-814

  Zeevaart, Jan Rijn ^a   Olsen, Sylva ^a  

^a NECSA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

I 131; No carrier added; No carrier included; Specific activity

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; SPECIFICATIONS;

I-131; NO-CARRIER-ADDED; NO-CARRIER-INCLUDED; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

IODINE; IODINE 129; IODINE 131; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

DRUG INDUSTRY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33646516625     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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