Lesson of the week: Triggering radiation alarms after radioiodine treatment

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7562, 2006, Pages 293-294

  Gangopadhyay, Kalyan Kumar ^a,b   Sundram, Francis ^a   De, Parijat ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; LIOTRIX; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; GOITER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RELAPSE; SWEATING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOMETRY; TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; SECURITY MEASURES; THYROTOXICOSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33747174267     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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