Retraction: Thyroid Ultrasound Findings in Children from Three Japanese Prefectures: Aomori, Yamanashi and Nagasaki (PLoS ONE (2013) 8:12 (e83220) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083220);Thyroid ultrasound findings in children from three Japanese prefectures: Aomori, Yamanashi and Nagasaki

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Hayashida, Naomi ^a   Imaizumi, Misa ^b   Shimura, Hiroki ^d   Okubo, Noriyuki ^c   Asari, Yasushi ^c   Nigawara, Takeshi ^c   Midorikawa, Sanae ^d   Kotani, Kazuhiko ^e   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^c   Otsuru, Akira ^d   Akamizu, Takashi ^f   Kitaoka, Masafumi ^g   Suzuki, Shinichi ^d   Taniguchi, Nobuyuki ^e   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a,d   Takamura, Noboru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Showa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYMUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GOITER; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; THYMUS DISEASE; THYROID CYST; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEX FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84893511820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308234     Document Type: Erratum

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