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Effect of Muscular Exercise and of Urethane Administration on the Incorporation of Carbon-14 into Animal Tissue

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As a result of the observations described in a previous note1, according to which irradiation with X-rays influences the pattern of incorporation of carbon-14 into animal tissue, it became particularly important to investigate the effect of muscular exercise on the incorporation of this isotope.

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HEVESY, G. Effect of Muscular Exercise and of Urethane Administration on the Incorporation of Carbon-14 into Animal Tissue. Nature 164, 1007–1008 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641007a0

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