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THE selective inhibition of radiostrontium uptake by rats following the administration of doses of sodium alginate has been reported recently1–3. We have performed a similar experiment with a normal healthy adult human male volunteer, in order to see whether sodium alginate was effective in inhibiting uptake of radiostrontium from the human gastro-intestinal tract.
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HESP, R., RAMSBOTTOM, B. Effect of Sodium Alginate in inhibiting Uptake of Radiostrontium by the Human Body. Nature 208, 1341–1342 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081341a0
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