Computed tomographies and cancer risk in children: A literature overview of CT practices, risk estimations and an epidemiologic cohort study proposal

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-111

  Krille, Lucian ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^b   Jahnen, Andreas ^c   Mildenberger, Peter ^a   Seidenbusch, Michael ^d   Schneider, Karl ^d   Weisser, Gerald ^e   Hammer, Gael ^a   Scholz, Peter ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

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

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Children; Cohort study; Computed tomography; Ionizing; Radiation; Review

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHILDREN; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZING;

DISEASES; HEAT RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOLOGY; REVIEWS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863785864     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-012-0405-1     Document Type: Review

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