Non-malignant thyroid diseases after a wide range of radiation exposures

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 6 B, 2010, Pages 877-888

  Ron, Elaine ^a   Brenner, Alina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IONIZING RADIATION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROTOXICOSIS;

ADENOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 78650026343     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1953.1     Document Type: Review

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