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Old Mar 1, 2003 | 3:15 pm
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The quantity they are looking for might be low because they would expect that the material is shielded.

But the quantity injected into the body is extremely low. Importantly, the half-life is very short in most nuclear medicine radio pharmaceuticals. I doubt this would cause a false positive, but I am not sure.
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