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Thorium Dioxide  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Thorium oxide (ThO2). A radiographic contrast agent that was used in the early 1930s through about 1954. High rates of mortality have been linked to its use and it has been shown to cause liver cancer.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 1314-20-1 (Thorium Dioxide)
  • 9XA7X17UQC
  • Thorium Oxide
  • Thorium oxide (ThO2)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • 1314-20-1 (Thorium Dioxide)
  • 9XA7X17UQC
  • Oxyde de thorium IV
  • ThO2
  • Thorium oxide (ThO2)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HGXJ97TV-1

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