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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

9 Oncology and chronic disease

Late-effects of non-therapeutic radiation on thyroid: the history of atomic bomb survivors

ey0015.9-15 | Late-effects of non-therapeutic radiation on thyroid: the history of atomic bomb survivors | ESPEYB15

9.15 Thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune thyroid disease among atomic bomb survivors exposed in childhood

M Imaizumi , W Ohishi , E Nakashima , N Sera , K Neriishi , M Yamada , Y Tatsukawa , I Takahashi , S Fujiwara , K Sugino , T Ando , T Usa , A Kawakami , M Akahoshi , A Hida

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017;102:2516-2524The Adult Health Study (AHS) is a clinical program established in 1958 by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) as a subset of the Life Span Study to examine the late effects of atomic bomb exposure (1-2). This cross-sectional analysis evaluated the dose-response effect of radiation exposure on the prevalence of thyr...