Iodine deficiency, radiation dose, and the risk of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents in the Bryansk region of Russia following the Chernobyl power station accident | Zendy

V.V. Shakhtarin | Zendy; А. Ф. Цыб | Zendy; Valeriy Stepanenko | Zendy; M. Yu. Orlov | Zendy; Kenneth J. Kopecky | Zendy; S. Scott Davis | Zendy

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Iodine deficiency, radiation dose, and the risk of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents in the Bryansk region of Russia following the Chernobyl power station accident

Author(s) -

V.V. Shakhtarin,

А. Ф. Цыб,

Valeriy Stepanenko,

M. Yu. Orlov,

Kenneth J. Kopecky,

S. Scott Davis

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyg205

Subject(s) - chernobyl nuclear accident , thyroid cancer , environmental health , medicine , iodine , thyroid , radiation dose , iodine deficiency , radioactive iodine , pediatrics , nuclear medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry

Little is known about the joint effect of iodine deficiency and radiation exposure on the risk of thyroid cancer. No epidemiological studies have been published assessing the modifying effect of iodine deficiency on radiation-induced thyroid cancer following the Chernobyl accident.

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