Esophageal passage of iodine-131 capsules

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Garcia Peña, Edna ^a   Caravalho Jr , Joseph ^a   Watkins III, Jasper W ^a   Leifer, Eric S ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta radiation; Orogastric transit; Radioiodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; OUTPATIENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

ADHESIVENESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CAPSULES; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEX FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0030888934     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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