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Re: Infant Radionuclide Intake from Breast Feeding

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Infant Radionuclide Intake from Breast Feeding
From: Dan Marx <dmarx01@hercules.baker.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:11:37 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <199608290025.RAA28066@dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com>

This is a real issue.  One of my colleagues was involved in a case where 
a nursing mother was given an I-131 therapy dose for hyperthyriodism.  
The Iodine dose to the infant was significant.  Permanent damage was done 
to the infants thyriod.



DAN L. MARX
HEALTH PHYSICIST
BAKER COLLEGE
FLINT MI
dmarx01@baker.edu
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References:
- Infant Radionuclide Intake from Breast Feeding
  - From: pcollopy@ix.netcom.com (Peter Collopy )

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