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The case of the radioactive pillow
1Office of Health and Radiation Safety, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. gh81@columbia.edu
Health Physics
|October 24, 2001
Abstract:
A married couple pursuing their Ph.D. degrees at Columbia University were involved in a case of radioactive contamination. A bed pillow was found in their apartment that was contaminated with 32P. This paper describes the investigation of this case and the findings.