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Specific Measurements, Units and Terms

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This chapter contains definitions of main specific terms related to radiations having utility in nuclear endocrinology. There are described units and measurements, the relations between them and the metric system. Here are presented the most relevant units transformations with impact in daily practice of endocrinologists.

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  1. Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Tumors, Institute of Oncology Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Doina Piciu M.D., Ph.D.

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Piciu, D. (2012). Specific Measurements, Units and Terms. In: Nuclear Endocrinology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25014-9_2

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