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Radon

"Radon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A naturally radioactive element with atomic symbol Rn, and atomic number 86. It is a member of the noble gas family found in soil, and is released during the decay of RADIUM.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Radon" by people in this website by year, and whether "Radon" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 3 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1998 and 2005 and 2012
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