Radiation accidents and their management: Emphasis on the role of nuclear medicine professionals

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 995-1002

  Bomanji, Jamshed B ^a   Novruzov, Fuad ^c   Vinjamuri, Sobhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c National Centre of Oncology   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

diagnosis of radiation injuries; internal contamination; radiation exposure; radiation protection; surface contamination; treatment of radiation injuries

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBIMAZOLE; CHELATING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; EXPLOSIVE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RESIN; SOAP;

ATOMIC BOMB; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BURN; CHELATION; CHEMICAL BURN; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFUSION; CYCLOTRON; CYTOGENETICS; DILUTION; DISORIENTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLASH BURN; HALLUCINATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROFESSIONAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PANIC; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SICKNESS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CYCLOTRONS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 84906939198     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000156     Document Type: Review

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