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THERE has been considerable interest in the testing of substances that may reduce the body burden of chronically ingested radiostrontium. The present work, using tannin as an example, emphasizes the caution that must be used in the interpretation of single-dose studies, and also describes a relatively short-term procedure which appears to be practical.
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WASSERMAN, R., COMAR, C. Effectiveness of Dietary Substances in reducing the Retention of Chronically Ingested Radiostrontium; Studies with Tannin. Nature 185, 629–630 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185629a0
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