Protection of the infant thyroid from radioactive contamination by the administration of stable iodide. An experimental evaluation in chimpanzees

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 698-706

  Noteboom, J L ^a,c   Hummel, W A ^b   Broerse, J J ^c   De Vijlder, J J M ^d   Vulsma, Th ^d   Van Bekkum, D W ^a  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Clin Chem Lab   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; IODINE 123; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PAN TROGLODYTES; POTASSIUM IODIDE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030960130     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579483     Document Type: Article

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