Significance of radiation exposure from work-related chest x-rays for epidemiological studies of radiation workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 490-501

  Cardarelli, John ^a   Spitz, H ^a,b   Rice, C ^c   Buncher, R ^c   Elson, H ^d   Succop, P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Dose; Medical surveillance; Occupational exposure; Photofluorography; Radiation; Stereoscopic x rays; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGIST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE MARROW; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; X-RAYS;

EID: 0036894332     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10137     Document Type: Article

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