Thyroid cancer in children in Belarus: ascertainment bias?

The Lancet

Volumn 346, Issue 8984, 1995, Pages 1223-1224

  Averkin, JuriI ^a   Abelin, Theodor ^b   Bleuer, JürgP ^a  

^a Research Institute of Oncology and Medical Radiology of the Ministry of Health of the Byelorussian SSR   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; THYROID CANCER; USSR;

EID: 0028808185     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)92924-X     Document Type: Letter

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