Abstract
Earlier this year, Ukraine marked 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster. Sanjeet Bagcchi reports. Radiation and risk of thyroid cancer: Fukushima and Chernobyl30 years have passed since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and 5 years have passed since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. After the Chernobyl disaster, a significant increase in thyroid cancer was reported among children and adolescents exposed to radioactive iodine released at the time of the accident in Belarus, Russia, and the Ukraine.1 On the basis of the experience of Chernobyl, thyroid ultrasound examination is being done within the framework of the Fukushima Health Management Survey. Full-Text PDF
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