Research into relationship between dose and non-cancer thyroid diseases among population of the Kaluga oblast who were affected by radioiodine isotopes following the Chernobyl accident in their childhood

Corrected procedure for estimation of thyroid dose with the use of radiometry measurements developed at the Medical Radiological Research Center of RAMS is given in the article. The procedure was intended to be used for estimation of thyroid dose in territories of low level of contamination with radionuclides, which are similar to those in the Kaluga oblast. Radiation risks for non-cancer thyroid diseases in residents (2 005 persons) of Kaluga oblast exposed to radiation in their childhood were assessed. Statistically significant radiation risk (ERR/Gy=7.14, p