Reconstruction of individual thyroid doses to the ukrainian subjects enrolled in the chernobyl tissue bank

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 407-423

  Likhtarov, I ^a,b   Thomas, G ^c   Kovgan, L ^a,b   Masiuk, S ^a,b   Chepurny, M ^a,b   Ivanova, O ^a,b   Gerasymenko, V ^a,b   Tronko, M ^a   Bogdanova, T ^a   Bouville, A ^d  

^a STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b Radiation Protection Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; UKRAINE;

ADULT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TISSUE BANKS; UKRAINE;

EID: 84884713373     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct096     Document Type: Article

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