Diagnostic X-ray examinations and increased chromosome translocations: Evidence from three studies

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-692

  Bhatti, Parveen ^a   Yong, Lee C ^b   Doody, Michele M ^a   Preston, Dale L ^c   Kampa, Diane M ^d   Ramsey, Marilyn J ^e   Ward, Elizabeth M ^f   Edwards, Alan A ^g   Ron, Elaine ^a   Tucker, James D ^h   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c HiroSoft International Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIRLINE PILOTS; BONE MARROW; CANCER RISK; FACULTY MEMBERS; LABORATORY METHODS; LOW LEVEL; MEAN AGES; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; POISSON REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS; TRANSLOCATION FREQUENCY;

CHROMOSOMES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC RISKS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X-RAYS;

EID: 78649332647     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-010-0307-z     Document Type: Article

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