Incidence of thyroid cancer surrounding three mile island nuclear facility: The 30-year follow-up

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2064-2071

  Levin, Roger J ^a,b   De Simone, Nicole F ^a   Slotkin, Jaime F ^a   Henson, Baker L ^a  

^a Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

Author keywords

131I exposure; nuclear accident; Three Mile Island; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

131I EXPOSURE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; THREE MILE ISLAND; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PENNSYLVANIA; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880571960     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23953     Document Type: Article

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