Reactors are indispensable for radioisotope production

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 759-760

  Mushtaq, Ahmad ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; SELENIUM 75; STRONTIUM 90; THULIUM; URANIUM 235;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; RESEARCH;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 78751578888     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-010-0425-3     Document Type: Article

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