Thyroid consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 88, Issue 433, 1999, Pages 23-27

  Pacini, F ^a   Vorontsova, T ^b   Molinaro, E ^a   Shavrova, E ^b   Agate, L ^a   Kuchinskaya, E ^b   Elisei, R ^a   Demidchik, E P ^b   Pinchera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Belorussia State Medical University   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Iodine; Ionizing radiation; Papillary; Proto oncogene; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Thyroidectomy; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; BELARUS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; DISASTERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0033435232     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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