Thyroid diseases among children and adolescents in Kiev region 15 years after the Chernobyl accident

Title: Thyroid diseases among children and adolescents in Kiev region 15 years after the Chernobyl accident
Author: Nikiforova, Natalya V / Elagin, Vladimir V / Sivachenko, Tamara P / Yatsuk, Nina N / Krivyakova, Elena V / Sribnaya, Valentina D / Tkachuk, Ludmila P,

Reference: International Congress Series, 1234, p.57-65, May 2002

doi: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00595-7

Keywords: Thyroid diseases; Kiev; Chernobyl

Abstract: …from 1996 to 2001, and thyroid cancer was found in 124 (34…age at the time of the Chernobyl accident, sex and age…examination. Sixteen of the cancer cases (7 males and 9 females…the risk of developing thyroid diseases. Thyroid abnormalities…

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