No evidence of radiation risk for thyroid gland among schoolchildren around Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-89

  Hamada, Aiko ^a   Takamura, Noboru ^a,c   Meirmanov, Serik ^a   Alipov, Gabit ^a   Mine, Mariko ^a   Ensebaev, Ruslan ^d   Sagandikova, Sagadat ^d   Ohashi, Toshinori ^b   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Semipalatinsk Nuclear Testing Site; Thyroid gland; Transgenerati; Urinary iodine

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION HAZARD; SCREENING; THYROID CYST; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASOUND; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IODINE; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PARENTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037296451     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.85     Document Type: Article

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