Don Lawrence and the "k-capture" revolution

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-381

  Aronowitz, Jesse N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cesium; Donald Lawrence; Gold; History of medicine; Iodine; Iridium; Palladium; Radiogold; Radioiodine; Radon; Seeds; Ulrich Henschke

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CESIUM 131; IODINE 125; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; WRITING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957354091     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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