A prospective study of medical diagnostic radiography and risk of thyroid cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 800-809

  Neta, Gila ^a   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Berrington De Gonzalez, Amy ^a   Doody, Michele M ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Preston, Dale ^a   Simon, Steven L ^a   Melo, Dunstana ^a   Miller, Jeremy ^a   Freedman, D Michal ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

radiation; radiography; thyroid gland; thyroid neoplasms; x rays

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; IRRADIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THYROID CANCER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; X-RAYS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876238558     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws315     Document Type: Article

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