Diethylenetriamene Pentaacetate (DTPA) [2006]

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Diethylenetriamene Pentaacetate (DTPA) [2006]

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10/11/2006
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Series: Radiation Emergencies

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English

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Reviewed and updated.

DTPA is a kind of medicine called a chelating agent. Chelating agents work by binding and holding on to radioactive materials or poisons that get into the body. Once bound to a radioactive material or poison, the chelating agent is then passed from the body in the urine. Chelating agents help decrease the amount of time it takes to get a poison out of the body. This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives you some basic information about DTPA.

dtpa.pdf
Subjects:

Chelating Agents Pentetic Acid Radiation-Protective Agents Radioactive Hazard Release
Series:

Radiation Emergencies
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Fact Sheet
Pages in Document:

3 numbered pages
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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