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Lead-lined underwear



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>Date:         Thu, 4 Dec 1997 14:20:49 -0600
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>From: Charles Carver <CCARVER@BJCMAIL.CARENET.ORG>
>Subject:      Lead-lined underwear
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>Here is a good one.
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>My nurses recently showed me an article from an oncology nurses
>newsletter that had a big article on prostate seed implants.  The article
>said that protective underwear was available for patients worried about
>doses to children or pregnant women.  The product is called "Radiation
>Guard Underwear" and is manufactured by Atlantic Nuclear Corp. of
>Canton, Mass.  My nurses thought this was something some of our
>patients might like to know about.  I did not want them saying anything
>until I found out if this product was actually useful.
>
>I have not been able to find a phone number for this company.  If anyone
>can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.  If anyone has
>actually checked this product out, I would apperciate your opinion.  You
>may respond to me directly or over the listserv as I am sure I have stirred
>up some curiosity.
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>Thanks!!!
>
>Charles M. Carver, M.S.
>Supervisor Radiation Oncology / Medical Physicist
>Boone Hospital Center
>Columbia, Missouri
>ccarver@bjcmail.carenet.org
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