Thyroid ultrasound findings 7 years after the Chernobyl accident. A comparative epidemiological study in the Bryansk region of Russia

• Published in: Acta radiologica (1987) Vol. 37; no. 6; p. 904
• Main Authors: Kumpusalo, L, Kumpusalo, E, Soimakallio, S, Salomaa, S, Paile, W, Kolmakow, S, Zhukowsky, G, Ilchenko, I, Nissinen, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.11.1996
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology; Power Plants; Radioactive Fallout; Radioactive Hazard Release; Russia - epidemiology; Thyroid Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Diseases - epidemiology; Thyroid Diseases - etiology; Thyroid Gland - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Gland - radiation effects; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology; Thyroid Neoplasms - etiology; Ukraine; Ultrasonography

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station occurred in April 1986. We report on a comparative epidemiological study on thyroid abnormalities in the contaminated and uncontaminated populations of the Bryansk region, South-West Russia, in 1993, 7 years after the accident. The study material c...