Measures of Thyroid Function among Belarusian Children and Adolescents Exposed to Iodine-131 from the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

Measures of Thyroid Function among Belarusian Children and Adolescents Exposed to Iodine-131 from the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

Background: Thyroid dysfunction after exposure to low or moderate doses of radioactive iodine-131 (131I) at a young age is a public health concern. However, quantitative data are sparse concerning 131I-related risk of these common diseases.

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Main Authors: Ostroumova, Evgenia, Rozhko, Alexander, Hatch, Maureen, Furukawa, Kyoji, Polyanskaya, Olga, McConnell, Robert J., Nadyrov, Eldar, Petrenko, Sergey, Romanov, George, Yauseyenka, Vasilina, Drozdovitch, Vladimir, Minenko, Viktor, Prokopovich, Alexander, Savasteeva, Irina, Zablotska, Lydia B., Mabuchi, Kiyohiko, Brenner, Alina V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701991/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701991/

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