Published 1993 | Version v1
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Epidemiology of thyroid disorders and valuation of effects of iodide administration in the Sejny community (Poland) after Chernobyl accident

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Description

The epidemiology of thyroid disorders was studied and the effect of potassium iodide administration was evaluated in citizens of Sejny (Poland) community four years after Chernobyl accident. The endemic goiter was observed in this area. The elevated levels of anti-human thyroid membrane antibodies and anti-human thereoglobuline antibody were found in 5.5% of children that had undergone iodide administration after Chernobyl accident. It may result from iodide administration or from endemic goiter. (author). 127 refs, 9 figs, 16 tabs

Availability note (English)

Available from Akademia Medyczna, Bialystok (PL).

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Additional titles

Original title (Polish)
Epidemiologia chorob tarczycy oraz ocena skutecznosci profilaktyki jadrowej po awarii w Czarnobylu na terenie gminy Sejny

Publishing Information

Imprint Place
Bialystok (Poland)
Imprint Pagination
75 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Poland
Country of Input or Organization
Poland
INIS RN
27000951
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Thesis, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLAND; POTASSIUM IODIDES; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; THYROID
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BODY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GLANDS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; ORGANS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS