Post-chernobyl thyroid carcinoma in Belarus children and adolescents: Comparison with naturally occurring thyroid carcinoma in Italy and France

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3563-3569

  Pacini, Furio ^a,e   Vorontsova, Tatiana ^b   Demidchik, Eugeni P ^b   Molinaro, Eleonora ^a   Agate, Laura ^a   Romei, Cristina ^a   Shavrova, Elena ^b   Cherstvoy, Eugeny D ^b   Ivashkevitch, Yuriy ^b   Kuchinskaya, Elvira ^b   Schlumberger, Martin ^d   Ronga, Giuseppe ^c   Filesi, Mauro ^c   Pinchera, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Belorussia State Medical University   (Belarus)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e Istituto di Ricerca Genetica eBiomedica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 9844219747     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.11.3563     Document Type: Article

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