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Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient

Radiation exposure to the public is estimated if the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient is cremated. Precautions regarding the handling of cremated remains are suggested. Cremation can be performed safely at any time. PACS number(s): 87.52.–g, 87.53.Jw

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Autor principal: Que, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11602014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v2i3.2611
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description Radiation exposure to the public is estimated if the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient is cremated. Precautions regarding the handling of cremated remains are suggested. Cremation can be performed safely at any time. PACS number(s): 87.52.–g, 87.53.Jw
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spelling pubmed-57260402018-04-02 Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient Que, William J Appl Clin Med Phys Radiation Protection & Regulations Radiation exposure to the public is estimated if the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient is cremated. Precautions regarding the handling of cremated remains are suggested. Cremation can be performed safely at any time. PACS number(s): 87.52.–g, 87.53.Jw John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2001-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5726040/ /pubmed/11602014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v2i3.2611 Text en © 2001 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient
title_full Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient
title_fullStr Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient
title_full_unstemmed Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient
title_short Radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an I‐125 prostate implant patient
title_sort radiation safety issues regarding the cremation of the body of an i‐125 prostate implant patient
topic Radiation Protection & Regulations
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11602014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v2i3.2611
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