Risk of Thyroid Cancer After Exposure to 131 I in Childhood

Cardis, Elisabeth; Kesminiene, Ausrele; Ivanov, V.K.; Malakhova, Irina; Shibata, Yoshisada; Khrouch, Valeryi; Drozdovitch, Vladimir; Maceika, Evaldas; А. Звонова, И.; Vlassov, Oleg; Bouville, André; Goulko, Guennadi; Hoshi, Masaharu; Abrosimov, Alexander; Anoshko, Jadvyga; Astakhova, Larisa; Chekin, S.Yu.; Demidchik, Evgenyi; Rosaria Galanti, Maria; Ito, Masahiro; Korobova, Elena; Lushnikov, Evgenyi; Maksioutov, М.А.; Masyakin, Vladimir; М. Неровня, А.; С. Паршин, В.; Parshkov, Evgenyi; N Piliptsevich, Nikolay; Pinchera, Aldo; M Polyakov, Semyon; Shabeka, Nina; Suonio, Eero; Tenet, Vanessa; Ф. Цыб, А.; Yamashita, Shunichi; Williams, Dillwyn

doi:10.1093/jnci/dji129

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Risk of Thyroid Cancer After Exposure to 131 I in Childhood

Published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute • May 17, 2005

Authors:

Elisabeth Cardis

Ausrele Kesminiene

V.K. Ivanov

Abstract

BACKGROUND: After the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in April 1986, a large increase in the incidence of childhood thyroid cancer was reported in contaminated areas. Most of the radiation exposure to the thyroid was from iodine isotopes, especially 131I. We carried out a population-based cas...

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Thyroid cancer

Medicine

Thyroid

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