Iodine-131 Thyroid Burdens of European Travelers Returning to Boston after the Chernobyl Accident

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To the Editor: Over a 46-day period, 58 persons reported to the Massachusetts General Hospital Radiation Safety Bioassay Laboratory for measurement of iodine-131 in the thyroid. This free screening service was offered to travelers returning from Europe after the Chernobyl nuclear-reactor accident, which occurred early in the morning of April 26, 1986, and according to the Soviet Union, ended on May 5.1 During this accident, substantial quantities of radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere, thus contaminating vast areas of Eastern and Western Europe. According to a report of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the radionuclides detected in the air across . . .

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