Radiation organ doses received in a nationwide cohort of U.S. radiologic technologists: Methods and findings

Radiation Research

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 507-528

  Simon, Steven L ^a   Preston, Dale L ^b   Linet, Martha S ^a   Miller, Jeremy S ^c   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^d   Kwon, Deukwoo ^a,f   Yoder, R Craig ^e   Bhatti, Parveen ^a,g   Little, Mark P ^a   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Melo, Dunstana ^a,h   Drozdovitch, Vladimir ^a   Weinstock, Robert M ⁱ   Doody, Michele M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Eureka   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LANDAUER INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^h LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904101071     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR13542.1     Document Type: Article

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