Effect of prolonged radiation exposure on the thyroid gland of residents living in 60Co-contaminated rebar buildings

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1117-1122

  Chang, Tien Chun ^a   Chen, Wei Li ^b   Chang, Wushou P ^b   Chen, Chien Jen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; LIOTHYRONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BUILDING; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; BUILDING CODES; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0034766529     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000110073420     Document Type: Article

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