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Spectroscopic Identification of Alpha-Emitting Nuclides in Biological Material

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MAYNEORD, W., HILL, C. Spectroscopic Identification of Alpha-Emitting Nuclides in Biological Material. Nature 184, 667–669 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184667a0

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