Risk of thyroid cancer after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Respiratory Investigation

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 128-133

  Yamashita, Shunichi ^a,b   Suzuki, Shinichi ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Fukushima; Radioactive iodine; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; EXPLOSION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THYROID CANCER; URINALYSIS;

CHERNOBYL; FUKUSHIMA; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROID CANCER;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84882858476     PISSN: 22125345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resinv.2013.05.007     Document Type: Review

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