Abstract
Various questions arise in the application of ICRP “Standard Man” values to Japanese. One of the questions is that “Standard Man” values of the thyroid are different from normal Japanese values. A systematic survey of past reports was carried out with a view to search for normal Japanese values of the thyroid. The subjects of search were weight, iodine content and iodine uptake rate (fW) of the thyroid. These are important factors in the estimation of the radiation dose of the thyroid caused by internal contamination of radioiodine, and are foreseen to have the difference between Japanese and “Standard Man.” The result of study suggested that the weight of the thyroid of normal Japanese is about 19g for adult male and about 17g for adult female, and that the iodine content is 12-22mg and iodine uptake rate (fW) is about 0.2.
