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Which isotope of iodine is used in the treatment of goitre? |
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Answer» Exceptionally useful radioactiveisotope is iodine-131, which has a half-life of EIGHT days. It is EMPLOYED in medicine to monitor thyroid gland functioning, to TREAT goitre and thyroid cancer, and to locate tumours of the brain and of the liver. It is ALSO USED in investigations to trace the course |
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