Nuclear power plant emergencies and thyroid cancer risk. What New Jersey physicians need to know.

Laura H Kahn, Frank von Hippel

Journal: New Jersey medicine : the journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey 2004;101(4):22-7; quiz 28-30

PMID: 15103787

Abstract

In the event of a severe nuclear power plant emergency resulting in the release of radioactive iodine, potassium iodide, a relatively safe and effective salt, may be used as prophylaxis. This article presents a history of thyroid cancer due to radiation exposure and the risks and benefits of potassium iodide prophylaxis.

Address: Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA.

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MeSH Terms: Education, Medical, Continuing, Emergencies, Humans, Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced, New Jersey, Poland, Potassium Iodide, Power Plants, Radioactive Hazard Release, Risk Assessment, Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Neoplasms