Polonium
"Polonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polonium. A radioactive element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has the atomic symbol Po, atomic number 84, and the atomic weight of the isotope with the longest half-life (209Po) is 208.98. It decays by alpha-emission.
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D011059
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.185.600 D01.268.271.680 D01.268.513.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polonium" by people in Profiles.
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Narayana Y, Rajashekara KM. The importance of physico-chemical parameters on the speciation of natural radionuclides in riverine ecosystems. J Environ Radioact. 2010 Nov; 101(11):958-64.
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Narayana Y, Rajashekara KM. Study of 210Po and 210Pb in the riverine environments of coastal Karnataka. J Environ Radioact. 2010 Jun; 101(6):468-71.
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Bhat R, Sridhar KR, Rajashekara KM, Narayana Y. 210Po bioaccumulation in coastal sand dune wild legumes--Canavalia spp. of southwest coast of India. J Environ Monit. 2005 Sep; 7(9):856-60.