"Polonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A radioactive element that is a member of the chalcogen family. It has the atomic symbol Po, atomic number 84, and the atomic weight of the isotope with the longest half-life (209Po) is 208.98. It decays by alpha-emission.
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D011059
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.185.600 D01.268.271.680 D01.268.513.875 D01.496.749.305.680
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polonium" by people in Profiles.
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Death by polonium-210: lessons learned from the murder of former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2009 Feb; 26(1):61-7.
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Death by polonium-210: lessons learned from the murder of former Soviet spy Alexander Litvinenko. JEMS. 2008 Nov; 33(11):18-23.