title: Potassium iodide prophylaxis: what have we learned and questions raised by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. abschnei@uic.edu
authors.forename: Arthur B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D055866:Earthquakes; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D007564:Japan; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D057192:Tsunamis
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011193:Potassium Iodide