Nuclear Medicine Exposure in the United States, 2005-2007: Preliminary Results

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-391

  Mettler Jr , Fred A ^a   Bhargavan, Mythreyi ^b   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^c   Gilley, Debbie B ^d   Lipoti, Jill A ^e   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^f   McCrohan, John ^g   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^h  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d State of Florida   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; DISOFENIN TC 99M; ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GLUCEPTATE TC 99M; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; LEUKOCYTE IN 111; MACROSALB TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PENTREOTIDE IN 111; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SOLID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHITE BLOOD CELL TC 99M; XENON 133;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749137784     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.05.004     Document Type: Review

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