Re: AW: Re: AAP Statement on Radiation Disasters and Children

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

To be correct, the article is "Iodide prophylaxis in Poland after the Chernobyl reactor accident: benefits and risks."
Am J Med. 1993 May;94(5):524-32.

 

The authors do not have any relationship to the National Institutes of Health

 

Franz Schoenhofer <franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT> wrote:

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> Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> [mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Patricia
> Milligan
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. April 2003 20:07
> An: webmaster@ki4u.com; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Betreff: FW: Re: AAP Statement on Radiation Disasters and Children
>
>
> While tincture of iodine is certainly not the recommended first line drug of
> choice for thyroid prophylaxis, approximately 1.1 million doses of tincture
> of iodine solution were used in Poland by panicked residents after the
> Chornobyl accident. ( Nauman and Wolff, Iodide Prophylaxis in Poland after
> the Chernobyl Reactor Accident: Benefits and Risks, National Institutes of
> Health, 1992) There were no fatalities, but many upset stomachs.
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> . . .


-- John
John Jacobus, !

MS
Certified Health Physicist
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