Ionising radiation: Are orthopaedic surgeons' offspring at risk?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-220

  Zadeh, H G ^a   Briggs, T W R ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic gases; Childhood malignancies; Congenital abnormalities; Ionising radiation; Occupational hazards; Orthopaedic surgery; Radiological protection; Sex ratio; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEX RATIO; X RAY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030916190     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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