Poverennyĭ A M, Shinkarkina A P, Vinogradova Iu E, Beziaeva G P, Podgorodnichenko V K, Tsyb A F
Radiats Biol Radioecol. 1996 Jul-Aug;36(4):632-40.
An important peculiarity of the Chernobyl catastrophe is the discharge into the atmosphere of tremendous amount of radioactive iodine and, as a result, selective damage of the thyroid in children from the affected areas. The most dangerous consequence is the thyroid cancer. The analysis of the situation when children's thyroids were subjected to irradiation shows that tumors can most frequently develop as late as 20-30 years after irradiation. There are reasons to believe that tumors are induced by low dose of irradiation. The most important factor in development of pathologies is for sure the age of the children of the moment of irradiation. A well-known consequence of the impact of radiation on the thyroid is the lymphocyte thyroiditis. The interest to this pathology is determined by the fact that it substantially increases the probability of development of various haematologic diseases (lympho- and myeloproliferative neoplasms).
切尔诺贝利灾难的一个重要特点是大量放射性碘释放到大气中，结果是受影响地区儿童的甲状腺受到选择性损害。最危险的后果是甲状腺癌。对儿童甲状腺受到辐射情况的分析表明，肿瘤最常发生在辐射后20至30年。有理由相信肿瘤是由低剂量辐射诱发的。发病的最重要因素肯定是儿童受辐射时的年龄。辐射对甲状腺影响的一个众所周知的后果是淋巴细胞性甲状腺炎。对这种病症的关注源于这样一个事实，即它大大增加了各种血液疾病（淋巴细胞和骨髓增殖性肿瘤）发生的可能性。
