Cancer mortality among women frequently exposed to radiographic examinations for spinal disorders

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Ronckers, Ccile M ^a,b   Land, Charles E ^a   Miller, Jeremy S ^c   Stovall, Marilyn ^d   Lonstein, John E ^e   Doody, Michele M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUTCH CHILDHOOD ONCOLOGY GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BONE MARROW; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LORDOSIS; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; THYROID GLAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; X RAY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 77954478804     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2022.1     Document Type: Article

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