Evaluation of Data on Thyroid Cancer in Regions Affected by the Chernobyl Accident

United Nations. 04/24/2018 This 30-page document from the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation provides an authoritative report on the numbers of thyroid cancer cases observed to date, primarily among people who were children or adolescents at the time of the nuclear power plant accident at Chernobyl in 1986; and makes an expert judgment of the fraction that can be attributed to radiation exposure resulting from the accident. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news