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Projected cancer risks potentially related to past, current, and future practices in paediatric CT in the United Kingdom, 1990–2020

BACKGROUND: To project risks of developing cancer and the number of cases potentially induced by past, current, and future computed tomography (CT) scans performed in the United Kingdom in individuals aged <20 years. METHODS: Organ doses were estimated from surveys of individual scan parameters a...

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Autores principales: Journy, Neige M Y, Lee, Choonsik, Harbron, Richard W, McHugh, Kieran, Pearce, Mark S, Berrington de González, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27824812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.351