I-131 Dose Response for Incident Thyroid Cancers in Ukraine Related to the Chornobyl Accident

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Authors

Alina V. Brenner · National Institutes of Health

М.D. Тronko · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Maureen Hatch · National Institutes of Health

Bogdanova Ti · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Valery A. Oliynik · V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Jay H. Lubin · National Institutes of Health

Lydia B. Zablotska

Abstract

I-131-related thyroid cancer risks persisted for two decades after exposure, with no evidence of decrease during the observation period. The radiation risks, although smaller, are compatible with those of retrospective and ecological post-Chornobyl studies.

Topics & Keywords

Radiation Dose and Imaging Radioactive contamination and transfer Risk Perception and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 119, Issue 7, pp. 933-939

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002674

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