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An improved generator for the production of 212Pb and 212Bi from 224Ra

R W Atcher1, A M Friedman, J J Hines

  • 1Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part A, Applied Radiation and Isotopes
|January 1, 1988
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