Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: A retrospective cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9840, 2012, Pages 499-505

  Pearce, Mark S ^a   Salotti, Jane A ^a   Little, Mark P ^b,c   McHugh, Kieran ^d   Lee, Choonsik ^b,c   Kim, Kwang Pyo ^e   Howe, Nicola L ^a   Ronckers, Cecile M ^b,c,f   Rajaraman, Preetha ^b,c   Craft, Alan W ^a   Parker, Louise ^g   De González, Amy Berrington ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^f Dutch Childhood Oncology Group Longterm effects after childhood cancer   (Netherlands)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864776903     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60815-0     Document Type: Article

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