Thyroid Cancer Following Childhood Low-Dose Radiation Exposure: A Pooled Analysis of Nine Cohorts
Author(s) -
Jay H. Lubin,
M. Jacob Adams,
Roy E. Shore,
Erik Holmberg,
Arthur B. Schneider,
Michael M. Hawkins,
Leslie L. Robison,
Peter D. Inskip,
Marie Lundell,
Robert Johansson,
Ruth A. Kleinerman,
Florent de Vathaire,
Lena Damber,
Siegal Sadetzki,
Margaret A. Tucker,
Ritsu Sakata,
Lene H.S. Veiga
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-3529
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroid , cohort , radiation exposure , cancer , confidence interval , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , physiology , relative risk
The increased use of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that involve radiation raises concerns about radiation effects, particularly in children and the radiosensitive thyroid gland.
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