Radioactivity
"Radioactivity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The spontaneous transformation of a nuclide into one or more different nuclides, accompanied by either the emission of particles from the nucleus, nuclear capture or ejection of orbital electrons, or fission. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Descriptor ID |
D011851
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MeSH Number(s) |
G01.595.815
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Concept/Terms |
Radioactivity- Radioactivity
- Radioactivities
- Nuclear Decay
- Decay, Nuclear
- Radioactive Disintegration
- Disintegration, Radioactive
- Disintegrations, Radioactive
- Radioactive Disintegrations
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2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radioactivity" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Yamada S, Riklon S, Maskarinec GG. Ethical Responsibility for the Social Production of Tuberculosis. J Bioeth Inq. 2016 Mar; 13(1):57-64.