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RE: saftey of being in the proximity of someone on RAI therapy

To: "John Jacobus" <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>, "Philip Egidi" <phil.egidi@state.co.us>, kb1ipd@HOTMAIL.COM, owner-radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu, radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu, "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan@nmcco.com>
Subject: RE: saftey of being in the proximity of someone on RAI therapy
From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:34:41 -0700
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Reply-to: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>

On 20 Aug 2004 at 8:52, Flanigan, Floyd wrote:



> The radiological half life of I-131 is only about 8 days



In the body, iodine has a biological half-life of about 100 days for 

the body as a whole. It has different biological half-lives for 

various organs:  thyroid - 100 days, bone - 14 days, and kidney, 

spleen, and reproductive organs - 7 days.







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References:
- RE: saftey of being in the proximity of someone on RAI therapy
  - From: "Flanigan, Floyd" <Floyd.Flanigan@nmcco.com>

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