Manizales, a mid-size city in Colombia, hosts industries like metallurgy, electrical, chemical,
and rubber and plastic industrial facilities that have released into atmosphere some …

Background Manizales is a city in Colombia that presents high rates of thyroid cancer. It has
a medium industrial development and there are concerns of the impact of their emissions on …

The present study investigates whether there is an excess incidence of thyroid cancer
among people living in the vicinity of the nuclear sites in Belgium. Adjusted Rate Ratios …

Some human literature suggests a possible role of endocrine disruptors (EDs) exposure in
thyroid cancer (TC) development. We investigated TC incidence in selected Italian National …

Thyroid cancer incidence has been steadily rising since the 1970s and exposure to
environmental pollutants, including persistent organic pollutants such as 2, 3, 7, 8 …

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignant that is three times
more prevalent in women than men. Fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) has been indicated to …

Over the last few decades, thyroid cancer incidence has had a significant increase. Despite
well-known genetic and epigenetic factors (radiation, overdiagnosis, already existing benign …

Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. Environmental risk factors
such as presence of pollutants in air as well as the combustion of fossil fuels or carbon as a …

2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a persistent environmental contaminant.
Although experimental evidence suggests that TCDD alters thyroid hormone levels in …

Background: to investigate the high thyroid cancer incidence rate of Staten Island and to
disentangle the effects of potential environmental exposure from a landfill from screening …