Polonium-210 - An overview;Polonium-210 - Eine Kurzinformation

Notfall und Rettungsmedizin

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-40

  Moecke, Hp ^a   Bey, T ^b   Koenig, K L ^b   Rechenbach, P ^c   Schallhorn, J ^c  

^a Asklepios Klinik Nord Heidberg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Feuerwehr Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute radiation syndrome; Alexander Litvinenko; Alpha emitter; Incorporation; Polonium 210; Radiation; Radiotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947582419     PISSN: 14346222     EISSN: 14360578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10049-007-0890-y     Document Type: Article

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