People living on the Colorado plateau receive a higher dose of what type of radiation than people living in Philadelphia?

What will be an ideal response?

Background. Those living on the Colorado plateau receive additional background radiation due to the increased cosmic radiation at the higher altitude and enhanced terrestrial radiation from higher concentrations of radionuclides like uranium in the soil.

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a. Nerve fibers (axons) b. Nerve cell bodies

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Which of the following antibiotics is used to treat methicillin-resistant S. aureus?

clindamycin (Cleocin®) linezolid (Zyvox®) gentamicin (Garamycin®) metronidazole (Flagyl®)

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