Reducing the lifetime risk of cancer from spinal radiographs among people with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1540-1548

  Levy, Adrian R ^a,b,c,d,e   Goldberg, Mark S ^a   Mayo, Nancy E ^a   Hanley, James A ^a   Benoit, Poitras ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; diagnostic; ionizing; radiation; radiography; risk analysis; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029901904     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607010-00011     Document Type: Article

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