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Tests show normal rate of thyroid cysts in Fukushima children
BY FUMIKAZU ASAI SENIOR STAFF WRITER
2012/12/02
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A girl undergoes an ultrasound thyroid gland test at the Tokai Village Hospital in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 5. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The percentage of children with thyroid gland cysts is about the same in Tokyo and Fukushima, indicating that radiation from the nuclear accident has not affected the rate in the disaster-hit prefecture, doctors said.
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