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Original Article

The Efficacies of Pure LICAM(C) and DTPA on the Retention of Plutonium-238 and Americium-241 in Rats after Their Inhalation as Nitrate and Intravenous Injection as Citrate

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Pages 503-514 | Received 03 Mar 1989, Accepted 17 May 1989, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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