Thyroid ultrasound findings 7 years after the chernobyl accident: A comparative epidemiological study in the Bryansk region of Russia

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 904-909

  Kumpusalo, L ^a   Kumpusalo, E ^a   Soimakallio, S ^a   Salomaa, S ^b   Paile, W ^b   Kolmakow, S ^a   Zhukowsky, G ^c   Ilchenko, I ^c   Nissinen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Radioactive contamination; Screening; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound findings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; UKRAINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RUSSIA; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030277578     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609175467     Document Type: Article

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