Therapeutic radioisotopes are characterized by
a. very short half-lives.
b. half-lives that are exactly the same.
c. relatively long half-lives.
d. half-lives that remain constant for all eternity.
c. relatively long half-lives.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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