Chemicals and Drugs

Radiopharmaceuticals

Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161)

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Abstract

Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161)

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1 entry terms
  • Radiopharmaceutical

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Aspects Covered

22 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Previous Indexing

  • specific chemical (1966-1996)

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  1. D27.505.259.843w
  2. D27.505.519w.871w
  3. D27.720.470.410.650w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019275. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019275
  2. Radiopharmaceuticals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiopharmaceutical
  3. Radiopharmaceuticals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9178218