"Curium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A radioactive actinide with atomic symbol Cm, and atomic number 96. Thirteen curium isotopes have been produced with mass numbers ranging from 238-250. Its valence can be +3 or +4. It is intensely radioactive and decays by alpha-emission.
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D003476
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.100.175 D01.268.556.200 D01.496.749.305.100.175 D01.552.020.272 D01.552.544.200
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curium" by people in Profiles.
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Determining the relative toxicity and RBE of internal emitters in animals. Health Phys. 2010 Sep; 99(3):367-70.
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Relative toxicity of (45)Ca beta-particles and (242)Cm alpha-particles following their intravenous injection into mice as radiolabelled FAP. Int J Radiat Biol. 2010 Apr; 86(4):300-20.
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Relative toxicity of chronic irradiation by 45Ca beta particles and 242Cm alpha particles with respect to the production of lung tumors in CBA/Ca mice. Radiat Res. 2006 Nov; 166(5):782-93.