Protection of the maternal and fetal thyroid from radioactive contamination by the administration of stable iodide during pregnancy. An experimental evaluation in chimpanzees

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 691-697

  Noteboom, J L ^a,c   Hummel, W A ^b   Broerse, J J ^c   De Vijlder, J J M ^d   Vulsma, Th ^d   Jansen, J Th M ^e   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)

^e TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; POTASSIUM IODIDE; TRACER;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PAN TROGLODYTES; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030999349     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579482     Document Type: Article

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