Population characteristics and absorbed dose to the population from nuclear medicine: United States--1982.
Those in the U.S. population who receive nuclear medicine examinations have been characterized by age and sex. Males received 42% of examinations while females received 58%. More than one-third of the examinations were done on persons older than 64 y of age and more than two-thirds on patients older than 45 y of age. The per caput effective dose equivalent from nuclear medicine procedures in 1982 was 140 muSv (14 mrem); whereas, the per caput age-specific effective dose equivalent to the U.S. population was 50 muSv (5.9 mrem). These can be compared with 2 mSv (200 mrem) from natural background.
F A
FA
Mettler
J H
JH
Christie
A G
AG
Williams
R D
RD
Moseley
C A
CA
Kelsey
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States