Radiation dose and excess risk of cancer in children undergoing neuroangiography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1621-1628

  Raelson, Colin A ^a,b   Kanal, Kalpana M ^c   Vavilala, Monica S ^a,c,d   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,c   Kim, Louis J ^c   Stewart, Brent K ^c   Cohen, Wendy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Lifetime attributable risk of cancer; Neuroangiography; Pediatrics; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73449141481     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2352     Document Type: Article

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