Risk of cancer from diagnostic X-rays: Estimates for the UK and 14 other countries

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9406, 2004, Pages 345-351

  De González, Amy Berrington ^a   Darby, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0842348097     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15433-0     Document Type: Article

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