チェルノブイリ周辺に住む住民の甲状腺結節
F A Mettler1, M R Williamson, H D Royal
1School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-5336.
JAMA
|August 15, 1992
まとめ
甲状腺結節の発生率と罹患率は,チェルノブイリ近くの集団と事故後4.5年の対照群で類似していた. この研究では,甲状腺の結節性において有意な差異は認められず,チェルノブイリ事故による増加は認められなかった.
科学分野:
- 環境衛生 環境衛生 環境衛生
- 核医学は,核医学である.
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
背景:
- チェルノブイリ原発事故では,大量に放射性ヨウ素が放出されました.
- 長期的な健康への影響,特に甲状腺の異常を評価することは極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- チェルノブイリ周辺での甲状腺結節の発生率と罹患率のベースラインを確立するために.
- これらの発見を未暴露の集団と比較する.
主な方法:
- 汚染された村と対照村の集団サンプルを比較した流行に関する研究.
- 臨床パルパーションと超音波検査を用いた甲状腺検査が行われました.
- 参加者は,事故の4.5年後の年齢グループ (5,10,40,60歳) で選択されました.
主要な成果:
- 汚染された群と対照群の間では,甲状腺の結節性の有意な違いは観察されなかった.
- パルペーションで検出された結節:子供0.7%,大人の2.9%. 超音波検査:子供の0.5%,大人の14.9%
- 甲状腺の結節は女性においてより一般的であった.
結論:
- チェルノブイリ事故から4年半後,甲状腺結節の特徴は,被曝と未被曝の集団間で一貫していました.
- 発見は,基値または他の集団と比較して,チェルノブイリによって誘発された甲状腺結節性の増加はないことを示唆しています.
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