Recommended restrictions after 131I therapy: Measured doses in family members

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-136

  Mathieu, Isabelle ^a   Caussin, Jacques ^a   Smeesters, Patrick ^b   Wambersie, André ^a   Beckers, Christian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b Ministery of Social Affairs Public Health and Environment   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

131I; Dose, absorbed; Nuclear medicine; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THYROID CANCER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOUSE; THYROID TUMOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032589734     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199902000-00004     Document Type: Article

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