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ArticleHealth physics2020

Thyroid Dose Estimates for a Cohort of Belarusian Persons Exposed in Utero and During Early Life to Chernobyl Fallout.

Vladimir Drozdovitch, Victor Minenko, Tatiana Kukhta, Sergey Trofimik, Rimma Grakovitch, Maureen Hatch, Elizabeth K Cahoon, Iliya Veyalkin, Olga Polyanskaya, Vasilina Yauseyenka and 3 more

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Article in Health physics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Vladimir DrozdovitchDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD.
Victor MinenkoInstitute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
Tatiana KukhtaUnited Institute of Informatics Problems, Minsk, Belarus.
Sergey TrofimikInstitute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
Rimma GrakovitchRepublican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.
Maureen HatchDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD.
Elizabeth K CahoonDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD.
Iliya VeyalkinRepublican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.
Olga PolyanskayaRepublican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.
Vasilina YauseyenkaRepublican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.
Evgenia Ostroumova
Kiyohiko MabuchiDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD.
Alexander RozhkoRepublican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel, Belarus.
Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology · BYNational Cancer Institute · USBelarusian State University · BYNational Institutes of Health · USUnited Institute of Informatics Problems · BY

Funding

Studies of Populations Exposed to Environmental Sources of RadiationZIACP010132 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI CAHOON, ELIZABETH · 2009 to 2025
$35.2M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid radiation doses were estimated for a cohort of 2,965 Belarusian persons who were exposed in utero and during early life to fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Prenatal and postnatal doses to the thyroid due to intake of I, external irradiation from radionuclides deposited on the ground, and ingestion of cesium isotopes (Cs and Cs) were calculated for all cohort members. Dose estimation was based on personal interviews with subjects' mothers; the interviews collected data on subjects' residential history, consumption by mothers during time of pregnancy and breast-feeding, as well as consumption by subjects after birth. Direct instrumental measurements of radioactivity in mothers and the study subjects, if available, were also used for calculation of doses. Intake of I by mothers was found to be the predominant pathway for thyroid exposure for the study subjects. The average thyroid dose due to all exposure pathways was estimated to be 137 mGy (median dose of 25 mGy, maximal dose of 14.8 Gy), including 130 mGy (median dose of 17 mGy, maximal dose of 14.8 Gy) from I intake, 4.9 mGy (median dose of 3.0 mGy, maximal dose of 102 mGy) due to external irradiation, and 2.5 mGy (median dose of 1.7 mGy, maximal dose of 47 mGy) due to ingestion of Cs. The dose estimates will be used to evaluate the radiation-related risk of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases in this unique cohort.

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Chernobyl Nuclear AccidentAdolescentCesium RadioisotopesCohort StudiesFemaleFetusHumansNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedPregnancyRadiation DosageThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsYoung AdultCesium Radioisotopes

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