PERSPECTIVE - NATIONAL-CANCER-INSTITUTE SUMMARY REPORT ABOUT ESTIMATED EXPOSURES AND THYROID DOSES RECEIVED FROM IODINE 131 IN FALLOUT AFTER NEVADA ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR BOMB TESTS

Authors
HUNDAHL SA
Citation
Sa. Hundahl, PERSPECTIVE - NATIONAL-CANCER-INSTITUTE SUMMARY REPORT ABOUT ESTIMATED EXPOSURES AND THYROID DOSES RECEIVED FROM IODINE 131 IN FALLOUT AFTER NEVADA ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR BOMB TESTS, Ca, 48(5), 1998, pp. 285
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
Ca → ACNP
ISSN journal
00079235
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-9235(1998)48:5<285:P-NSRA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Environmental iodine 131 (I-131) contamination from atmospheric nuclea r bomb tests conducted in Nevada from 1951 to 1958 exposed Americans n ationwide to a cumulative dose of 1 to 4 rad to the thyroid gland. Thi s review summarizes the NCI report on this situation and offers inform ation to help health professionals deal with the report's potential '' fallout.''