Cohort study of cancer incidence among children exposed with X-rays for medical diagnostics - 3604S04432
urn:nbn:de:0221-2009011214
BfS-RESFOR-02/09
Summary
The present study investigated the the influence of radiation exposure accrued by children during conventional diagnostic x-ray procedures on cancer risk was investigated. It is based on the data of all patients of the X-ray department of the Dr. von Haunerschen Children’s hospital at the University of Munich, whose examinations have been recorded in an electronic database. Between 1976 and 2003, exposure parameters for roughly 270 000 x-ray procedures done on more than 100 000 patients were documented. The patients’ radiation exposure was quantified in a dosimetry study. The aim of the epidemiologic study was to evaluate these patients’ cancer risk in relation to the radiation exposure accrued.
