title: [Prevalence of thyroid disease in healthcare workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation at the University Hospital of Pisa].
abstract: The study analyzes the prevalence of thyroid disease in 1960 healthcare workers, classified as occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation, who have worked at the University Hospital of Pisa. They underwent a medical surveillance protocol from January 2005 until Mars 2012 at the Operative Unit of Occupational Medicine. A positive history of thyroid disease was found in 221 persons, but only 110 (the 5.61% of the population) developed the disease during or after the occupational exposure. Benign thyroid diseases, found in 93 workers, were in order of frequency: Hashimoto's thyroiditis, nodular disease, Basedow's disease, multinodular goiter, subacute thyroiditis and hypothyroidism. Malignant thyroid diseases were found in 17 workers (the 0.87% of the total population), 15 workers suffered from the papillary histotype and 2 from the medullary histotype.
authors: Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e Metabolismo, Ortopedia, Traumatologia e Medicina del Lavoro - Università di Pisa, Italy. alessandra.pistelli@gmail.com
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authors: Pistelli
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authors: Foddis
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authors: Guglielmi
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authors: Bonotti
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authors: Cristaudo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D015995:Prevalence; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*