Chernobyl and thyroid cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 670-677

  Williams, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chernobyl; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EUROPE; FALLOUT; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BYELARUS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 33845397212     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20699     Document Type: Review

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