Evaluation of stable iodine status of the areas affected by the Chernobyl accident in an epidemiological study in Belarus and the Russian Federation

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-135

  Korobova, Elena ^a   Anoshko, Yadviga ^b   Kesminiene, Ausrele ^c   Kouvyline, Aleksander ^a   Romanov, Sergei ^d   Tenet, Vanessa ^c   Suonio, Eero ^e   Cardis, Elisabeth ^f  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d State Unitary Enterprise Geoinformation Systems   (Belarus)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Ecological mapping; Iodine deficiency; Iodine in soils; Stable iodine; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BELARUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOLOGICAL MAPPING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FOOD CHAIN; IODINE CONCENTRATION; MODIFYING EFFECTS; REGIONAL INFORMATION; RURAL SETTLEMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL COVER; STABLE IODINE; STUDY AREAS; SUPPLY LEVELS; THYROID CANCERS; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANCER; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; IODINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL COVER;

BELARUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 78649331462     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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