Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians

D. Mathews, John; Forsythe, A.; Brady, Zoe; W. Butler, Marcus; Goergen, Stacy; Byrnes, Graham; G. Giles, Graham; B. Wallace, A.; R. Anderson, P.; Guiver, Tenniel; McGale, Paul; Cain, Tim; G. Dowty, James; Bickerstaffe, Adrian; C. Darby, Sarah

doi:10.1136/bmj.f2360

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Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians

Published in BMJ • May 21, 2013

Authors:

John D. Mathews

A. Forsythe

Zoe Brady

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the cancer risk in children and adolescents following exposure to low dose ionising radiation from diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans. DESIGN: Population based, cohort, data linkage study in Australia. COHORT MEMBERS: 10.9 million people identified from Australian Medicar...

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Medicine

Record linkage

Cohort

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