Leukemia and brain tumors among children after radiation exposure from CT scans: Design and methodological opportunities of the Dutch Pediatric CT Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 293-301

  Meulepas, Johanna M ^a   Ronckers, Cécile M ^b   Smets, Anne M J B ^c   Nievelstein, Rutger A J ^d   Jahnen, Andreas ^e   Lee, Choonsik ^f   Kieft, Mariëtte ^a   Laméris, Johan S ^c   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Greuter, Marcel J W ^g   Jeukens, Cécile R L P N ^h   Van Straten, Marcel ⁱ   Visser, Otto ^j   Van Leeuwen, Flora E ^a   Hauptmann, Michael ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j Department of Research and Registration   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Computed tomography; Leukemia; Low dose radiation; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903763634     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-014-9900-9     Document Type: Article

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