"Barium Sulfate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound used as an x-ray contrast medium that occurs in nature as the mineral barite. It is also used in various manufacturing applications and mixed into heavy concrete to serve as a radiation shield.
| Descriptor ID |
D001466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.103.075 D01.875.800.800.850.075
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Barium Sulfate" by people in Profiles.
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Swallowing function in patients with head and neck cancer prior to treatment. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Mar; 126(3):371-7.