Thyroid abnormalities associated with protracted childhood exposure to 131I from atmospheric emissions from the Mayak weapons facility in Russia

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 715-722

  Mushkacheva, G ^a   Rabinovich, E ^a   Privalov, V ^b   Povolotskaya, S ^a   Shorokhova, V ^a   Sokolova, S ^a   Turdakova, V ^a   Ryzhova, E ^a   Hall, P ^c   Schneider, A B ^d   Preston, D L ^e   Ron, E ^f  

^a Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b SOUTH URAL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Hirosoft International   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SALIVARY GLAND; THYROID DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 33750718839     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0410.1     Document Type: Article

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