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Reflections on the life and work of deceased women

The enduring legacy of Marie Curie: impacts of radium in 21st century radiological and medical sciences

Rebecca Abergela Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;b Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-8761View further author information
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John Arisc J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-064XView further author information
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Wesley E. Bolchc J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-9968View further author information
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Shaheen A. Dewjid Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-5877View further author information
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Ashley Goldene Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-7702View further author information
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David A. Hooperf Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1097-8788View further author information
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Dmitri Margotd Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2728-9871View further author information
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Carly G. Menkerg Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6124-8155View further author information
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Tatjana Pauneskug Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-2938View further author information
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Dörthe Schaueh Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-678XView further author information
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Gayle E. Woloschakg Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 267-275 | Received 04 Nov 2021, Accepted 05 Jan 2022, Published online: 02 Feb 2022

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