Radium [radium]
A radioactive element of the alkaline earth series of metals. It has the atomic symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Radium is the product of the disintegration of URANIUM and is present in pitchblende and all ores containing uranium. It is used clinically as a source of beta and gamma-rays in radiotherapy, particularly BRACHYTHERAPY.
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- /ther use: consider CURIETHERAPY see BRACHYTHERAPY/
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- Radium
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- AD
- administration & dosage 32
- AE
- adverse effects 17
- AN
- analysis 7
- BL
- blood
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CH
- chemistry 2
- CL
- classification 2
- EC
- economics 1
- HI
- history
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- isolation & purification 2
- ME
- metabolism 2
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- pharmacology 11
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- poisoning
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- standards 3
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- supply & distribution
- TU
- therapeutic use 94
- TO
- toxicity 3
- UR
- urine
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