Radiation Exposure to the Thyroid After the Chernobyl Accident

ConclusionThe 131I was the most radiologically important radionuclide that resulted in radiation exposure to the thyroid gland and cause an increase in the of rate of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases in population exposed after the Chernobyl accident.
Source: Frontiers in Endocrinology - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research