Thyroid gland and radiation (fundamental and applied aspects): 20 years after the Chernobyl accident
Title: Thyroid gland and radiation (fundamental and applied aspects): 20 years after the Chernobyl accident
Author: Tronko, Mykola / Bogdanova, Tetyana / Likhtarev, Ilya / Komisarenko, Igor / Kovalenko, Andriy / Epshtein, Ovsiy / Tereshchenko, Valery / (…) / Gulak, Lyudmila
Reference: International Congress Series, 1299, p.46-53, Feb 2007
doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.09.009
Keywords: Chernobyl accident; Thyroid cancer; Incidence; Treatment; Thyroid radiation dose
Abstract: In the present paper are generalized data on the increase of thyroid cancer incidence in children and adolescents affected after the Chernobyl accident for the period 1986–2004. Beginning in 1990, a significant rise in the number of thyroid cancer cases and incidence was noted in the cohort aged 0–18 years at the time of the accident, especially among children aged 0–14 years. Patients’ distribution by age at the time of the accident points out that the most significant increase in the number of thyroid cancer patients occurred at the expense of children who were aged up to 4 years in 1986….
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513106006108
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