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. 1986 May;50(5):619-28.
doi: 10.1097/00004032-198605000-00005.

Population characteristics and absorbed dose to the population from nuclear medicine: United States--1982

F A Mettler Jr, J H Christie, A G Williams Jr, R D Moseley Jr, C A Kelsey

Population characteristics and absorbed dose to the population from nuclear medicine: United States--1982

F A Mettler Jr et al. Health Phys. 1986 May.

Abstract

Those in the U.S. population who receive nuclear medicine examinations have been characterized by age and sex. Males received 42% of examinations while females received 58%. More than one-third of the examinations were done on persons older than 64 y of age and more than two-thirds on patients older than 45 y of age. The per caput effective dose equivalent from nuclear medicine procedures in 1982 was 140 muSv (14 mrem); whereas, the per caput age-specific effective dose equivalent to the U.S. population was 50 muSv (5.9 mrem). These can be compared with 2 mSv (200 mrem) from natural background.

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