"Yttrium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An element of the rare earth family of metals. It has the atomic symbol Y, atomic number 39, and atomic weight 88.91. In conjunction with other rare earths, yttrium is used as a phosphor in television receivers and is a component of the yttrium-aluminum garnet (YAG) lasers.
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D015019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.558.975 D01.268.956.890 D01.552.550.975
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Yttrium" by people in Profiles.
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Barrera FJ, Yust B, Mimun LC, Nash KL, Tsin AT, Sardar DK. Optical and spectroscopic properties of human whole blood and plasma with and without Y2O3 and Nd??:Y2O3 nanoparticles. Lasers Med Sci. 2013 Nov; 28(6):1559-66.
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Mishra PP, Jing J, Francesconi LC, Liu T. Self-assembly of Yttrium-containing lacunary polyoxotungstate macroanions in solution with controllable supramolecular structure size by pH or solvent content. Langmuir. 2008 Sep 02; 24(17):9308-13.