Liquid discharges from patients undergoing 131I treatments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1530-1534

  Barquero, R ^a   Basurto, F ^b   Nunez C ^c   Esteban, R ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigación Nefrológica   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

131I; Radioactive discharge; Radioactive waste treatment system; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

131I; LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE DISCHARGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM; THYROID CANCER;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

IODINE 131;

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EQUATION; EXCRETION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY; THYROID CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEWAGE; SPAIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 50049115357     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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