A post-Chernobyl rise in thyroid cancer in Connecticut, USA

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Mangano, J J ^a  

^a Radiation and Public Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Iodine; Radioactivity; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NEVADA; NUCLEAR WARFARE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE; UTAH;

EID: 0030029332     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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