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Thyroid Cancer and Benign Nodules After ExposureIn Uteroto Fallout From Chernobyl
Author(s) -
Maureen Hatch,
Alina V. Brenner,
Elizabeth K. Cahoon,
Vladimir Drozdovitch,
Mark P. Little,
Bogdanova Ti,
Victor Shpak,
Е В Большова,
Galyna Zamotayeva,
Galyna Terekhova,
Evgeniy Shelkovoy,
V. Klochkova,
Kiyóhiko Mabuchi,
М.D. Тronko
Publication year - 2018
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.2018-00847
Subject(s) - thyroid nodules , medicine , thyroid cancer , thyroid , nodule (geology) , nuclear medicine , in utero , logistic regression , obstetrics , fetus , pregnancy , paleontology , genetics , biology
Children and adolescents exposed to radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) in fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident appear to be at increased risk of thyroid cancer and benign thyroid nodules. The prenatal period is also considered radiosensitive, and the fetal thyroid can absorb I-131 from the maternal circulation.

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