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The Medical Isotope Crisis: How We Got Here and Where We Are Going

Thomas J. Ruth
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2014, 42 (4) 245-248; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.114.144642
Thomas J. Ruth
TRIUMF and the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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vol. 42 no. 4 245-248
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.114.144642
PubMed 
25472512

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0091-4916
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1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication June 20, 2014
  • Accepted for publication October 6, 2014
  • Published online December 3, 2014.

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  1. Thomas J. Ruth
  1. TRIUMF and the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Thomas J. Ruth, TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada. E-mail: truth{at}triumf.ca
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