Interventional radiography and mortality risks in U.S. radiologic technologists

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Linet, Martha S ^a   Hauptmann, Michael ^a   Freedman, D Michal ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^b   Miller, Jeremy ^c   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a   Doody, Michele Morin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional radiography; Mortality; Occupational radiation exposure; Radiologic technologists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORK EXPERIENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33746591820     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0224-0     Document Type: Article

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