Elevation of the Serum Protein-bound Iodine Level in Inhabitants of the Marshall Islands

Résumé du livre

"Some years ago, in the course of follow-up examinations of some inhabitants of the Marshall Islands who had been exposed to fallout radiation from a 1954 hydrogen bomb explosion, a high incidence of unexplained elevation of the serum protein-bound iodine (PBI level was found in both exposed and unexposed subjects [1]. The present report describes various studies of the kinetics of iodine metabolism in these subjects and some further work on the nature of the serum iodine"--Introduction.