[ RadSafe ] Radioiodinations

[John R Johnson]

Luke

Your thinking is correct. There are lots of references/papers available; for
example, you can look at an old one of mine "Recycling And Metabolic Models
For Internal Dosimetry: With Special Reference to Iodine". J. R. Johnson.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 27, No. 1 (1989); pp. 57-58.

John
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-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl]On
Behalf Of Mccormick, Luke I
Sent: January 25, 2007 8:56 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Radioiodinations



In a past life I worked in University research settings, and the RSO had
set up a Thyroid counting station for our researchers to come in once a
week when using I-125. I question whether checking the reading at the
thyroid was correct. Most of the I-125 we got in was in the form of a
radiolabeled chemicals such the DNA precursurs. My understanding of uptake
is that the moleule will follow its pathway differently than the element.
i.e. instead of going to the thyroid like iodine would,  it might go whole
body or concentrate in another specific organ. Is my thinking correct?
Luke McCormick

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