Evaluation of thyroid antibodies and benign disease prevalence among young adults exposed to 131I more than 25 years after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Evaluation of thyroid antibodies and benign disease prevalence among young adults exposed to 131I more than 25 years after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Background. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) accident exposed a large number of inhabitants to internal 131I radiation. The associations between internal 131I exposure and thyroid autoimmunity and benign thyroid diseases remain controversial in the population living in the contaminated area...

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Main Authors: Yuko Kimura, Naomi Hayashida, Jumpei Takahashi, Ruslan Rafalsky, Alexsey Saiko, Alexander Gutevich, Sergiy Chorniy, Takashi Kudo, Noboru Takamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-03-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Thyroid autoimmunity
Chernobyl
131I exposure
Benign thyroid disease
Radiation
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1774.pdf

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