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WHAT WE KNOW FROM OTHER STUDIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION EXPOSURE AND THYROID DISEASE

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  • May 1999

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    Based on studies of children who received thyroid radiation doses from external exposures from X-rays or from Hiroshima or Nagasaki bombs, we know there is an increased risk for thyroid cancer from external irradiation. The radiation doses from these external exposures were high and/or delivered in a very short period. These studies are not directly comparable to the Hanford situation because the Hanford exposures of concern are to internal exposures of iodine-131 (I-131) over a period of months and years.

    what_we_know.PDF

  • Content Notes:
    Radiation Dosage

    Thyroid Gland/radiation effects

    Thyroid Neoplasms

  • Document Type:
    Pamphlet (or booklet)
  • Genre:
    Fact Sheet
  • Pages in Document:
    2 unnumbered pages
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    urn:sha256:818a9c4d85874723c8b23d2c9cc6c0413f3c28d6076c83121cae47228bb654b4
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