Citation

Kato TA, Wozniak DE. Forensic Sci. Rev. 2014; 26(2): 131-138.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Central Police University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26227029

Abstract

The physical and biological aspects of polonium-210, one of the most hazardous radioisotopes, are summarized. Although this radioisotope is naturally occurring and rare, it received quite a bit of attention after it was used in the 2006 assassination of former Russian Intelligence member Alexander Litvinenko in London. Recent reports on the suspected murder of Yasser Arafat with polonium-210 are also discussed.

Language: en