title: Thyroid diseases in cohort studies of A-bomb survivors.
abstract: A fixed population of about 120,000 subjects was selected from those A-bomb survivors and unexposed controls for the purpose of follow-up studies on their late health effects. One hundred twelve cases of thyroid cancer were found in the study period between 1958 to 1979. The relative risk increased with thyroid dose: the excess relative risk per Gray was 1.1. The prevalence of thyroid diseases was evaluated in 2,587 subjects in Nagasaki: one or more diagnoses for thyroid diseases were made in 447.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimaoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiba
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology