But what are iodine pills? And what can they do — and what can’t they do — in the case of a nuclear leak or attack? Potassium iodide, or KI, offers specific protection against one kind exposure.

Free potassium iodide tablets will be distributed in Middletown in April for people living or working in the Emergency ...

Examples of patient information sheets to be used in treatment with iodine-131 are given ... methods of the Medical Internal Radiation Dosimetry (MIRD) committee or the International Commission on ...

Potential spermatozoa damage in male patients is also allowed for in the case of iodine-131. Many radionuclides used in radiopharmaceuticals can appear in the breast milk of a nursing mother. This ...