Estimation of foetal brain dose from I-131 in the foetal thyroid

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1717-1726

  O'Hare, N J ^a   Gilligan, P ^b   Murphy, D ^a   Malone, J F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; FETUS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030757739     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/9/004     Document Type: Article

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