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Nuclear medicine is the medical specialty based on the use of radionuclides administered in the form of unsealed compounds for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes to patients with a wide variety of diseases.
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Traino, A.C. (2019). Radiation Protection for Personnel and the Environment. In: Volterrani, D., Erba, P.A., Carrió, I., Strauss, H.W., Mariani, G. (eds) Nuclear Medicine Textbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95564-3_13
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