The parathyroid as a target for radiation damage

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 676-678

  Boehm, Bernhard O ^a   Rosinger, Silke ^a   Belyi, David ^b   Dietrich, Johannes W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b Research Central for Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID CANCER; UKRAINE; WORKER;

EID: 84860400074     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1104982     Document Type: Letter

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