require medical administration of an agent to block, chelate, dilute, or purge the body of the radioactivity.
by intravenous injection and bind with ionic forms in the blood. They are then rapidly excreted in urine.
tritium). For extreme cases of insoluble particle inhalation, lung lavage may be an effective therapy.
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center and Training Site (REAC/TS), a service operated for the U.S.
the impact on bioassay measurements. Some examples follow.