Thyroid cancer incidence among liquidators of the chernobyl accident: Absence of dependence of radiation risks on external radiation dose

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-198

  Ivanov, V K ^a   Tsyb, A F ^a   Petrov, A V ^a   Maksioutov, M A ^a   Shilyaeva, T P ^a   Kochergina, E V ^a  

^a NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COHORT STUDIES; DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0041730508     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-002-0163-6     Document Type: Article

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