Tritium assay by liquid scintillation spectrometry. Comparison of tritium and deuterium oxides as tracers for body water.
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ISIDORE S. EDELMAN, M.D. TO DATE, deuterium oxide (D20) has been the most satisfactory and accurate tracer substance for body water: its diffusion characteristics have been thoroughly studied, and its reliability as a tracer for body water by the dilution technic has been established.' 2 However, the technical difficulty of deuterium analysis by the falling drop method and the labor and expense involved in the use of the mass spectrometer are barriers to its wide-
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Circulation research
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1960