Reduction of radiocesium load: Supplementation of Cs versus it's depletion by enterosorbents

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages

  Jargin, Sergei V ^a  

^a PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; PECTIN;

APPLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOSIMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LETTER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79955848198     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13166     Document Type: Letter

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