title: Radiation doses to patient's relatives following radioiodine therapy.
abstract: A total of 10 volunteers were monitored for radiation doses, whose spouses were given radio-iodine (131I) orally. Nine of the spouses were given radio-iodine for Graves' disease and one for thyroid carcinoma. It was found that the highest radiation dose received by the volunteer was only 13.5% of the annual dose limit for individual members of the public. Hence, patients treated with radio-iodine do not pose a significant radiation hazard to the public.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005190:Family; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011874:Radiometry; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes