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Record 1 2009-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Protection of Life
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

To date, contracts have been awarded using the Project BioShield special reserve fund for the purchase of anthrax therapeutics, anthrax vaccines, botulism antitoxin, a pediatric formulation of potassium iodide (a drug that blocks absorption of radioactive iodide in the thyroid gland), and Calcium- and Zinc-DTPA (two forms of a decorporation agent to remove transuranic radionuclides from the body).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Radioprotection
DEF

[...] substance chimique utilisée dans [un] traitement visant à éliminer de l'organisme [...] des éléments radioactifs ou toxiques qui ont été incorporés.

Spanish

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