Post-chornobyl thyroid cancers in Ukraine. Report 2: Risk analysis

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-386

  Likhtarov, I ^a   Kovgan, L ^a   Vavilov, S ^a   Chepurny, M ^a   Ron, E ^b   Lubin, J ^b   Bouville, A ^b   Tronko, N ^c   Bogdanova, T ^c   Gulak, L ^d   Zablotska, L ^e   Howe, G ^e  

^a Radiation Protection Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c V P Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Ukraine Academy of Medical Sciences   (Ukraine)

^d R E KAVETSKY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; THYROID CANCER; UKRAINE; ULTRASOUND; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION RESPONSE; THYROID TUMOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33746631342     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3593.1     Document Type: Article

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