[Changes in the epidemiological parameters of radiation-induced illnesses in East Hungary 10 years after Chernobyl]

G L Lukács; S Szakáll; I Kozma; F Györy; G Balázs

[Changes in the epidemiological parameters of radiation-induced illnesses in East Hungary 10 years after Chernobyl]

Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1997:114:375-7.

[Article in German]

Authors

G L Lukács¹, S Szakáll, I Kozma, F Györy, G Balázs

Affiliation

¹ I. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Medizinische Universität, Debrecen.

PMID: 9574159

Abstract

Ten years after the Chernobyl fall-out, a significant increase was found in the number of childhood and adolescent papillary thyroid carcinomas (p < 0.05) and Hashimoto thyroiditis (p < 0.01) among the 1226 thyroid patients operated on at the 1st Department of Surgery of the University Medical School of Debrecen.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / epidemiology*
Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / surgery
Adolescent
Adult
Carcinoma, Papillary / epidemiology*
Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Hungary / epidemiology
Incidence
Male
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / surgery
Power Plants*
Radiation Injuries / epidemiology*
Radiation Injuries / surgery
Radioactive Fallout
Radioactive Hazard Release*
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / epidemiology*
Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / surgery
Ukraine

Substances

Radioactive Fallout