Thyroid cancer after diagnostic administration of iodine-131

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-92

  Hall, Per ^a   Mattsson, Anders ^a   Boice Jr , John D ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030045051     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579200     Document Type: Article

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