Risk of cancer from diagnostic X-rays: estimates for the UK and 14 other countries.

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Published in Lancet on January 31, 2004

Authors

Amy Berrington de González1, Sarah Darby

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK. amy.berrington@cancer.org.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy and Safety Study of Non-percutaneous Vertebroplasty With Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cement (MCPC) (VERTEBRO-MCPC) | NCT00931333

CT DOSE Collaboratory | NCT03000751

Comparing Proposed Algorithm and Current Practice in the Evaluation of Suspected Appendicitis (RCTAppAlg) | NCT03324165

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