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Internal Sources
Radionuclides may
become incorporated into the body, either accidentally or intentionally,
through a number of pathways. The most common are inhalation, ingestion,
and injection. In the workplace (nuclear installations, national
laboratories, universities, etc.), intakes are generally accidental,
whereas in nuclear medicine, activity is intentionally administered to
patients for diagnosis or therapy (but the medical staff may have
inadvertent intakes, which would be considered to be occupational
exposures, as above). There are two pages of information on this web site
with resources related to internal sources of radioactivity, in either occupational settings or in nuclear medicine.
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