TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - Murder with radioactive polonium metal JO - Forensic science review A1 - Kato, T. A. A1 - Wozniak, D. E. SP - 131 EP - 138 VL - 26 IS - 2 N2 - 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.
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