Radiation exposure of the families of outpatients treated with radioiodine (iodine-131) for hyperthyroidism

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 686-692

  Barrington, Sally F ^a,f   O'Doherty, Michael J ^a   Kettle, Andrew G ^b   Thomson, William H ^c   Mountford, Peter J ^d   Burrell, David N ^e   Farrell, Robert J ^d   Batchelor, Stanley ^f   Seed, Paul ^a   Harding, L Keith ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radiation protection; Radioiodine; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHYROIDISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0032813632     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050438     Document Type: Article

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