Crohn’s disease: towards improving postsurgical outcomes.
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A doctor conducts a thyroid examination on 4-year-old Maria Sakamoto, brought by her mother to the office of Iwaki Radiation Citizen Centre, south of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The not-for-profit organisation offers free thyroid examinations for children from Fukushima. As the World Health Organization says children in Fukushima may have a higher risk of developing thyroid cancer after the Daiichi nuclear disaster 2 years ago, mothers in Fukushima worry that local health authorities are not doing enough.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 199 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013