Occupational ionising radiation and risk of basal cell carcinoma in US radiologic technologists (1983-2005)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 862-869

  Lee, Terrence ^a   Sigurdson, Alice J ^a   Preston, Dale L ^b   Cahoon, Elizabeth K ^a   Michal Freedman, D ^a   Simon, Steven L ^a   Nelson, Kenrad ^c   Matanoski, Genevieve ^c   Kitahara, Cari M ^a   Liu, Jason J ^a   Wang, Timothy ^d   Alexander, Bruce H ^e   Doody, Michele M ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Little, Mark P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Eureka   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; SKIN COLOR; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947493985     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-102880     Document Type: Article

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