Thyroid disease in northern Italian children born around the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1842-1846

  Chiesa, Fausto ^a   Tradati, N ^a   Calabrese, L ^a   Gibelli, B ^a   Giugliano, G ^a   Paganelli, G ^a   De Cicco, C ^a   Grana, C ^a   Tosi, G ^a   DeFiori, E ^b   Cammarano, G ^b   Cusati, A ^a   Zurrida, S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 32   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Childhood; Ionising radiation; Screening; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ITALY; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 19944391890     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh477     Document Type: Article

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