Thyroid disorders in employees of a nuclear power plant

Thyroid

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1009-1017

  Kindler, Stefan ^a   Roser, Markus ^a   Below, Harald ^a   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^a   Kohlmann, Thomas ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a   Kirsch, Gerhard ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIDE; THIOCYANATE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 33846412660     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2006.16.1009     Document Type: Article

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