Childhood Thyroid Radioiodine Exposure and Subsequent Infertility in the Intermountain Fallout Cohort | Zendy

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Childhood Thyroid Radioiodine Exposure and Subsequent Infertility in the Intermountain Fallout Cohort

Author(s) -

Mary Bishop Stone,

Joseph B. Stanford,

Joseph L. Lyon,

James VanDerslice,

Stephen C. Alder

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104231

Subject(s) - medicine , infertility , odds ratio , cohort , thyroid disease , thyroid , cohort study , menarche , incidence (geometry) , demography , pregnancy , biology , genetics , physics , sociology , optics

Above-ground and underground nuclear weapon detonation at the Nevada Test Site (1951-1992) has resulted in radioiodine exposure for nearby populations. Although the long-term effect of environmental radioiodine exposure on thyroid disease has been well studied, little is known regarding the effect of childhood radioiodine exposure on subsequent fertility.

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