Radiation dose from breastfeeding following administration of thallium-201

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2079-2082

  Johnston, R Eugene ^a   Mukherji, Suresh K ^b   Perry, J Randolph ^b   Stabin, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast milk; Radiation dose; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM CHLORIDE TL 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0030468205     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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