This “Letter to the Editor” reviews the results of irradiation to the endocrine system, especially the parathyroid glands. Sixty-one cleanup workers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in 1986 were followed until 2009. They were compared with 687 normal controls. The cleanup workers had a 25% risk of developing hyperparathyroidism (overactive parathyroid gland). The […]
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