Commentary: Supplies of molybdenum-99 - Need for sustainable strategies and enhanced international cooperation

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 899-905

  Ramamoorthy, Natesan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM 99; TECHNETIUM 99M; URANIUM 235;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOLYBDENUM; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; URANIUM;

EID: 73649103479     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32832ed3b8     Document Type: Editorial

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