Childhood cancer risk from conventional radiographic examinations for selected referral criteria: Results from a large cohort study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Hammer, Gaël P ^a   Seidenbusch, Michael C ^b   Regulla, Dieter F ^c   Spix, Claudia ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^d   Schneider, Karl ^b   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Child; Cohort studies; Incidence; Ionizing radiation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOLID TUMOR; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 79955781534     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4979     Document Type: Article

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