Thyroid carcinoma secondary to radiation cloud exposure from the chernobyl incident of 1986: A case study

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-87

  Atkinson, Andrew L ^a   Rosenthal, Andrew ^b  

^a Netherlands Antilles   (India)

^b MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Papillary carcinoma; Radiation; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ITALY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958610369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000308358     Document Type: Article

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