Probable impact of environmental radiation on thyroid swellings in areas of Eastern Hyderabad and Nalgonda

Abstract Introduction Thyroid swellings are prevalent in 4 to 7% of the Indian population and are commonly present in females. Thyroid swelling has been attributed to various causes, such as ingestion of goitrogens and low iodine in the diet in benign, radiation exposure, and genetic in malignancies...

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Main Authors: Namit Kant Singh, Neemu Hage, Shailaja Prabhala, Balaji Ramamourthy, Sushmitha Nagaraju, Krishna Medha Kappagantu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-023-00508-x