Iodine prophylaxis in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in the area of Sejny in north-eastern Poland

• Published in: Hormone and metabolic research Vol. 26; no. 6; p. 293
• Main Authors: Zarzycki, W, Zonenberg, A, Telejko, B, Kinalska, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.06.1994
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Autoantibodies - blood; Child; Female; Humans; Iodine - adverse effects; Iodine - therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; Poland; Radiation Injuries - prevention & control; Radioactive Hazard Release; Thyroid Gland - immunology; Ukraine; Poland; Ukraine

The aim of our study was the estimation of the effects, possible side-effects and immunological reactions after the mass iodine prophylaxis following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 1457 subjects, aged 6-55 yrs, filled in our questionnaires and in 1191 of them the titres of antithyroid antibodies (T...