Fallout from Chernobyl Thyroid cancer in children increased dramatically in Belarus
Title: Fallout from Chernobyl Thyroid cancer in children increased dramatically in Belarus
Author: Williams, E D / Abelin, T / Egger, M / Ruchti, C / Petridou, E / Kampmann, B / Sperling, K / (…) / Soderman, B
Reference: BMJ, 309 (6964), p.1298-1301, Nov 1994
doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6964.1298
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Abstract: Neither the editorial1 nor the three articles*RF 2-4* relating to the Chernobyl reactor accident make more than a passing mention to the one major increase in malignancy that has so far been identified – namely, the greatly increased incidence of childhood thyroid cancer in the exposed population of southern Belarus, which was first reported in 1992.5,6 The pathology was documented in 1993,7 the relation to the disaster has been reviewed,8 and the paradox that isotopes of iodine may be carcinogenic to the thyroid in normal children depite their safety in adults with Graves’ disease has been discussed….
URL: http://www.bmj.com/content/309/6964/1298
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