Measures of Thyroid Function among Belarusian Children and Adolescents Exposed to Iodine-131 from the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Author(s) -
Evgenia Ostroumova,
Alexander Rozhko,
Maureen Hatch,
Kyoji Furukawa,
Olga Polyanskaya,
Robert J. McConnell,
Э. А. Надыров,
S.V. Petrenko,
Г. Н. Романов,
Vasilina Yauseyenka,
Vladimir Drozdovitch,
В. Ф. Миненко,
Alexander Prokopovich,
Irina Savasteeva,
Lydia B. Zablotska,
Kiyóhiko Mabuchi,
Alina V. Brenner
Publication year - 2013
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.1205783
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , subclinical infection , thyroid function , cohort , thyroid peroxidase , anti thyroid autoantibodies , thyroid function tests , odds ratio , cohort study , thyroiditis , goiter , physiology , pediatrics , endocrinology , autoantibody , immunology , antibody
Thyroid dysfunction after exposure to low or moderate doses of radioactive iodine-131 (131I) at a young age is a public health concern. However, quantitative data are sparse concerning 131I-related risk of these common diseases.
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