Health of children born to medical radiographers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-79

  Roman, Eve ^a   Doyle, Pat ^b   Ansell, Pat ^a   Bull, Diana ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionising radiation; Pregnancy outcome; Radiographers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030033408     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.2.73     Document Type: Article

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