PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - The risks of radio-isotopes in medical diagnosis
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.19.9.34
DP  - 1981 Apr 24
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 34--36
VI  - 19
IP  - 9
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/19/9/34.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/19/9/34.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1981 Apr 24; 19
AB  - Investigations using radio-isotopes are now widely available. In some circumstances they can be used as an alternative to x-ray examination (e.g. bone scan and skeletal survey); in others one type of investigation is more appropriate than the other. Nevertheless it is relevant to compare the risks from these two approaches and to understand the different exposure involved in each.