Medical management of the acute radiation syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-136

  Shimazawa, Rumiko ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM IODIDE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; JAPAN; LACTATION; LETTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 79960600769     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-2-201107190-00017     Document Type: Letter

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