The protocol and preliminary baseline survey results of the thyroid ultrasound examination in fukushima

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 315-321

  Suzuki, Shinichi ^a   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a   Fukushima, Toshihiko ^a   Nakano, Keiichi ^a   Midorikawa, Sanae ^a   Ohtsuru, Akira ^a   Yasumura, Seiji ^a   Hosoya, Mitsunori ^a   Kamiya, Kenji ^a   Shimura, Hiroki ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Nakamura, Izumi ^a   Abe, Masafumi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Fukushima; Nodules; Thyroid cancer; Ultrasound examination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CYSTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH SURVEY; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREVALENCE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84962018983     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ15-0726     Document Type: Article

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