[Epidemiology of thyroid diseases in the population of the Sejny community after the atomic catastrophe in Chernobyl].
The survey carried out in 1990 covering the population of Sejny community, sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, program MZXVII, demonstrated the occurrence of goiter in 33.6% of studied persons. Such an incidence can rightly be recognized as an endemy. Predominance of cases with small or moderate enlargement of the thyroid (OB and I), low percentage of nodules (18%), and 2.8 times more frequent occurrence of goiter in women allows o characterize the endemy as mild. The percentage of goiter in this population does not differ from that found in this area before the Chernobyl disaster. However a small increase in the incidence of thyroid enlargement in a group of boys of age between 17 and 19 years, and an increase in percentage of nodular goiter in whole population was noted. The questionnaire studies confirmed in addition a high effectiveness of mass iodine prophylaxis introduced after the atomic disaster, especially in the population of developmental age. However, because of the latency period concerning the possible effects, the results obtained will be verified in the course of long-term prospective studies.
Klinika Endokrynologii AM, Białymstoku.
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D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014455:Ukraine
Epidemiologia chorób tarczycy na terenie gminy Sejny po katastrofie elektrowni atomowej w Czarnobylu.