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Inorganic Chemicals > Thorium Compounds > Thorium Dioxide

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Thorium Dioxide  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Oxide, Thorium
  • Thorium Oxide

Scope note

  • Thorium oxide (ThO2). A radiographic contrast agent that was used in the early 1930s through about 1954. High rates of mortality have been linked to its use and it has been shown to cause liver cancer.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013911

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