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Enigmatic astatine

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D. Scott Wilbur points out the difficulty in studying the transient element astatine, and the need to understand its basic chemical nature to help in the development of targeted radiotherapy agents.

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  1. D. Scott Wilbur is at the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Box 355016, 616 NE Northlake Place, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA,

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Wilbur, D. Enigmatic astatine. Nature Chem 5, 246 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1580

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