Talk:Jacob Robbins

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Did you know... that American endocrinologist Jacob Robbins studied the effects of nuclear fallout in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Chernobyl on the development of thyroid cancer?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:31, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that American endocrinologist Jacob Robbins studied the effects of nuclear fallout in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Chernobyl on the development of thyroid cancer? Source: Dr. Robbins, known as Jack, was also recognized for his work on pediatric thyroid cancer resulting from radioactive fallout. He and Rall did follow-up surveillance on survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and studied Marshall Island inhabitants inadvertently exposed to radioactive fallout from U.S. hydrogen bomb testing in the Pacific. They also studied thousands of children who were exposed to radiation after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine

Reviewed: 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final

Created by 97198 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:14, 12 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Looks good to go. My only qualm is that I would be to link the three cities to the nuclear events that happened there. Ergo Sum 04:56, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]