131I and pediatric thyroid cancer post Chernobyl: Cause and effect?

Endocrinologist

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 112-115

  Figge, James ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b St Peter's Hospital Albany   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123;

ADOLESCENT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0030890959     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019616-199707020-00008     Document Type: Review

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