Chemicals and Drugs

Radioactive Tracers

Radioactive substances added in minute amounts to the reacting elements or compounds in a chemical process and traced through the process by appropriate detection methods, e.g., Geiger counter. Compounds containing tracers are often said to be tagged or labeled. (Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)

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Radioactive substances added in minute amounts to the reacting elements or compounds in a chemical process and traced through the process by appropriate detection methods, e.g., Geiger counter. Compounds containing tracers are often said to be tagged or labeled. (Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)

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  • Radioactive Tracer
  • Radionuclide Tracer
  • Radionuclide Tracers
  • Tracer, Radioactive
  • Tracer, Radionuclide
  • Tracers, Radioactive
  • Tracers, Radionuclide

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IM for general only

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History Note

91(75); was see under RADIOISOTOPES 1975-90

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  1. D01w.496w.749.731w
  2. D27.720.470.410.614w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Radioactive Tracers. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011849. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011849
  2. Radioactive Tracers. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_tracer
  3. Radioactive Tracers. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q903539