Disciplines and Occupations

Nuclear Medicine

A specialty field of radiology concerned with diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative use of radioactive compounds.

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Abstract

A specialty field of radiology concerned with diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative use of radioactive compounds.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Atomic Medicine
  • Medicine, Atomic
  • Medicine, Nuclear
  • Nuclear Radiology
  • Radiology, Nuclear

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Previous Indexing

  • Nuclear Energy (1966)
  • Nuclear Warfare (1966)
  • Radiation Injuries (1966)
  • Radioisotopes (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nuclear Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009683. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009683
  2. Nuclear Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_medicine
  3. Nuclear Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214963