Open AccessOccupational Radiation Exposure and Deaths From Malignant Intracranial Neoplasms of the Brain and CNS in U.S. Radiologic Technologists, 1983-2012.
Author(s) -
Cari M. Kitahara,
Martha S. Linet,
Stephen Balter,
Donald L. Miller,
Preetha Rajaraman,
Elizabeth K. Cahoon,
Raquel VelazquezKronen,
Steven L. Simon,
Mark P. Little,
Michele M. Doody,
Bruce H. Alexander,
Dale L. Preston
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.16.16964
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , poisson regression , cohort study , population , nuclear medicine , pediatrics , environmental health
Childhood exposure to acute, high-dose radiation has consistently been associated with risk of benign and malignant intracranial tumors of the brain and CNS, but data on risks of adulthood exposure to protracted, low-to-moderate doses of radiation are limited. In a large cohort of radiologic technologists, we quantified the association between protracted, low-to-moderate doses of radiation and malignant intracranial tumor mortality.