Early life exposure to diagnostic radiation and ultrasound scans and risk of childhood cancer: Case-control study

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7794, 2011, Pages 424-

  Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Simpson, Jill ^b   Neta, Gila ^a   De Gonzalez, Amy Berrington ^a   Ansell, Pat ^b   Linet, Martha S ^a   Ron, Elaine ^a   Roman, Eve ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WALES;

EID: 79951990952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d472     Document Type: Article

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