Thyroid cancer among children and adolescents of Belarus exposed due to the Chernobyl accident: Dose and risk assessment

International Congress Series

Volumn 1234, Issue C, 2002, Pages 293-300

  Kenigsberg, Jacov E ^a   Buglova, Elena E ^a   Kruk, Julianna E ^a   Golovneva, Alla L ^a  

^a Research Clinical Institute of Radiation Medicine and Endocrinology   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chernobyl accident; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994530010     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00618-5     Document Type: Article

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