Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 384-391 , September 2008

Nuclear Medicine Exposure in the United States, 2005-2007: Preliminary Results

  • Fred A. Mettler Jr, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Service, NMVAHCS, Albuquerque, NM.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Fred A. Mettler, Jr, MD, MPH, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Service, NMVAHCS, 1501 San Pedro Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108.
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  • Mythreyi Bhargavan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • American College of Radiology, Reston, VA.
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  • Bruce R. Thomadsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
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  • Debbie B. Gilley

      Affiliations

    • State of Florida, Tallahassee, FL.
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  • Jill A. Lipoti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Radiation Protection Programs, Trenton, NJ.
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  • Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
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  • John McCrohan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • CDRH/FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD.
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  • Terry T. Yoshizumi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

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 Work of the Committee was supported in part by a contract from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

PII: S0001-2998(08)00071-8

doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.05.004

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 384-391 , September 2008

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