Cancer risk estimation in Belarussian children due to thyroid irradiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear accident

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Buglova, E E ^b   Kenigsberg, J E ^b   Sergeeva, N V ^a  

^a Research Institute of Radiation Medicine   (Belarus)

^b NONE

Author keywords

131I; cancer; Chernobyl; health effects

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CANCER; USSR;

EID: 0029934308     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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