Published 1990 | Version v1
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A review of risks of internal irradiation of the thyroid gland - in utero, neonatally, adults

Creators

  • 1. Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (Sweden). Experimental Pathology and Risk Research Unit

Description

The author gives examples of how animal studies on the significance of growth factors and dose-rate dependences can give information of corresponding effects in the internally irradiated thyroid gland of the fetal, infant and adult man. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Pergamon Press.
Imprint Place
Oxford (UK)
ISBN
0-08-037496-4
Imprint Title
Iodine prophylaxis following nuclear accidents
Imprint Pagination
189 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 105-110.

Conference

Title
Joint WHO/CEC workshop on iodine prophylaxis following nuclear accidents.
Dates
Jul 1988.
Place
Brussels (Belgium).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22037289
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ADULTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; FETUSES; GROWTH; INFANTS; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; IODINE 131; MAN; PRENATAL IRRADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CHILDREN; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES