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radioactive exhibiting, using, or concerned with radioactivity How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To find them, surgeons inject patients with a radioactive tracer that indicates the general region and a blue dye that stains the sentinel nodes. Radiologists inject a patient with a glucoselike substance tagged with a radioactive tracer. Studies on radioactive tracers have provided valuable new information on essential trace elements in nutrition and on health hazards associated with occupational and environmental exposure to toxic substances. |
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