Prevalence of goiter and urinary iodine excretion levels in children around Chernobyl

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3430-3433

  Ashizawa, Kiyoto ^a   Shibata, Yoshisada ^c   Yamashita, Shunichi ^b   Namba, Hiroyuki ^b   Hoshi, Masaharu ^d   Yokoyama, Naokata ^a   Izumi, Motomori ^a   Nagataki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UKRAINE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POWER PLANTS; PREVALENCE; THYROID GLAND; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030882987     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.10.3430     Document Type: Article

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