Hyperparathyroidism in persons exposed to iodine-131 from the Hanford Nuclear SiteThomas E Hamilton
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:6545-8. 2005
..The risk of primary hyperparathyroidism from exposure to external radiation has been well documented in the last 20 yr. However, it remains unclear whether hyperparathyroidism might also be caused by internal exposure to radioactive iodine...
Thyrotropin levels in a population with no clinical, autoantibody, or ultrasonographic evidence of thyroid disease: implications for the diagnosis of subclinical hypothyroidismThomas E Hamilton
Program in Epidermology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109 1024, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:1224-30. 2008
..The current debate regarding whether to decrease the upper limit for the TSH reference range to 2.5 microIU/ml has considerable potential impact on the diagnosis and treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism worldwide...
- Thyroid ultrasound abnormalities in persons exposed during childhood to 131I from the Hanford nuclear site
Kenneth J Kopecky
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109 1024, USA
Thyroid 15:604-13. 2005
..This study does not support the hypothesis that 131I exposure at Hanford's dose levels and dose rates during infancy and childhood increases the prevalence of adult thyroid US abnormalities...
- Thyroid neoplasia, autoimmune thyroiditis, and hypothyroidism in persons exposed to iodine 131 from the hanford nuclear site
Scott Davis
Programs in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
JAMA 292:2600-13. 2004
..The risk of thyroid disease resulting from prolonged environmental 131I exposure is poorly understood...
Locating members of a cohort identified retrospectively from limited data in 50-year-old records: successful approaches employed by the Hanford Thyroid Disease StudyScott Davis
Program in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, M4 B874, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109 1024, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:187-95. 2008
..Few such studies have been conducted, however, that rely on very old source records, perhaps because of concern that identification and location of a cohort based on very old records would not be feasible...
- Estimation of thyroid radiation doses for the hanford thyroid disease study: results and implications for statistical power of the epidemiological analyses
Kenneth J Kopecky
Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Health Phys 87:15-32. 2004
..The distribution of estimated doses provided the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study with sufficient statistical power to test for dose-response relationships between thyroid outcomes and exposure to Hanford's I...
