Histopathological characteristics of childhood thyroid cancer in Gomel, Belarus

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Ito, Masahiro ^a   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a   Ashizawa, Kiyoto ^b   Hara, Takeshi ^a   Namba, Hiroyuki ^a   Hoshi, Masaharu ^c   Shibata, Yoshisada ^d   Sekine, Ichiro ^a   Kotova, Larisa ^e   Panasyuk, Galina ^e   Demidchik, Evgeni P ^f   Nagataki, Shigenobu ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^e Gomel Specialized Medical Dispensary   (Belarus)

^f Thyroid Cancer Center   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; BYELARUS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UKRAINE;

EID: 9044254125     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960103)65:1<29::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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