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

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      Lancet (London, England)
      Elsevier BV

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          Abstract

          Diagnostic X-rays are the largest man-made source of radiation exposure to the general population, contributing about 14% of the total annual exposure worldwide from all sources. Although diagnostic X-rays provide great benefits, that their use involves some small risk of developing cancer is generally accepted. Our aim was to estimate the extent of this risk on the basis of the annual number of diagnostic X-rays undertaken in the UK and in 14 other developed countries.

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          Journal
          Lancet
          Lancet (London, England)
          Elsevier BV
          1474-547X
          0140-6736
          Jan 31 2004
          : 363
          : 9406
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK. amy.berrington@cancer.org.uk
          Article
          S0140673604154330
          10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15433-0
          15070562
          e78673ae-062c-487e-9e9a-37eb74f884da
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