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	REMM Bibliography - Isotopes of Interest, Countermeasures for Internal Contamination Isotopes of interest: fact sheets Medical countermeasures in radiation events Hazardous Substances Data Bank (National Library of Medicine) Radiation countermeasures research See also: Countermeasures: Internal Contamination Isotopes of interest: fact sheets Isotope Government agencies HHS/CDC* HHS/ATSDR** EPA*** Argonne National Laboratory Americium-241 View View View View Californium-252 View Cesium- 134/137 View View View View Cobalt-57/60 View View View View Curium-244 View Iodine-124/125/129/131 View View View View Iridium-192 View View Phosphorus-32 Plutonium-238/239/240/241/242 View View View View Polonium-210 View View Radium-226 View View View Strontium-89/90 View View View View Uranium-235/238 View View View View Yttrium-86/90†/91 View† *    HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention **  HHS/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ***Environmental Protection Agency †    For Yttrium-90 radioactive properties and health concerns information      see Strontium-90 Human Health Fact Sheet     top of page Medical countermeasures in radiation events General countermeasures   Potassium iodide HHS/FDA Home preparation procedure for emergency administration of potassium iodide tablets to infants and small children (HHS/FDA) Drug preparedness and response to bioterrorism (HHS/FDA) Potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies December 2001 (PDF - 40 KB) (HHS/FDA) Home preparation procedure for emergency administration of potassium iodide tablets to infants and small children (HHS/FDA) Frequently asked questions on potassium iodide (KI) (HHS/FDA) Other KI resources (HHS/FDA) Guidance potassium iodide as a thyroid blocking agent in radiation emergencies (PDF - 40 KB) (HHS/FDA) HHS/CDC Potassium iodide (HHS/CDC) Other Is potassium iodide a magic bullet for radiation exposure? (PDF - 89 KB) (Health Physics Society) American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Health. Radiation disasters and children. Pediatrics. 2003 Jun;111(6 Pt 1):1455-66. [PubMed Citation] Carol S. Marcus, Administration of decorporation drugs to treat internal radionuclide contamination - medical emergency response to radiological incidents (PDF - 205 KB), RSO Magazine 9(5), 2004 Marcus CS, Siegel JA, Sparks RB. Medical Management of Radiocontaminated Patients (PDF 1.36 MB) (Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency, June 2006) Tochner ZA, Glatstein E, "Chapter 216: Radiation Bioterrorism," in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition, Fauci AS, Longo DL, Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J, Hauser SL, eds., pp. 1358-1364, McGraw Hill, 2008. Radiological and nuclear incidents U.S. Department of State, April 18, 2006. Federal policy on use of potassium iodide (KI) (PDF - 43 KB) (DHS/FEMA document, published in Federal Register 7 January, 2002) Potassium iodide use (AFRRI) Consideration of potassium iodide in emergency planning (NRC) Use of potassium iodide during radiological emergencies: information for the public (Dept. of Health, N.Y. State) Radiation exposure from Iodine 131 (PDF - 702 KB) (HHS/ATSDR) Prussian Blue Prussian blue (ferric hexacyanoferrate (II)) for treatment of internal contamination with thallium or radioactive cesium October 3, 2003 (HHS/FDA) Questions and answers on prussian blue (HHS/FDA) Prussian blue (HHS/CDC) U.S. military protocol for issuing prussian blue after radiocesium radiation disperal device: Patient initial contact work sheet (PDF - 28 KB) (AFRRI) Medical guidance--prussian blue therapy for radiocesium contamination (AFRRI) DTPA Facts about DTPA (HHS/CDC) Calcium-DTPA and Zinc-DTPA August 12, 2004 (HHS/FDA) Calcium-DTPA (Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, November 14, 2002 (REAC/TS)) Zinc DTPA (Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, November 14, 2002 (REAC/TS)) Radiation Emergencies (HHS/FDA) top of page Hazardous Substances Data Bank (National Library of Medicine)*: Specific Radioisotopes: Americium, Radioactive Californium, Radioactive Cesium, Radioactive Cobalt, Radioactive Curium, Radioactive Iodine, Radioactive Iridium, Radioactive Lead, Radioactive Neptunium, Radioactive Phosphorus, Radioactive Plutonium, Radioactive Polonium, Radioactive Radium, Radioactive Radon, Radioactive Strontium, Radioactive Tritium, Radioactive Uranium, Radioactive Yttrium, Radioactive Countermeasures: Ca-DTPA, Zn-DTPA Potassium Iodide Prussian Blue Ionizing Radiation - general toxicological, safety and handling, and environmental information on ionizing radiation emitted from chemical sources * Hazardous Substances Data Bank: Comprehensive peer-reviewed information from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET system top of page Radiation countermeasures research Medical Countermeasures Against Radiological and Nuclear Threats (NIH, NIAID) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Strategic Plan 2011-2016 (HHS/BARDA) top of page

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