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SUBMITTER: Johnson KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2527813 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson K J KJ Alexander B H BH Doody M M MM Sigurdson A J AJ Linet M S MS Spector L G LG Hoffbeck W W Simon S L SL Weinstock R M RM Ross J A JA
British journal of cancer 20080801 3
We examined the risk of childhood cancer (<20 years) among 105 950 offspring born in 1921-1984 to US radiologic technologist (USRT) cohort members. Parental occupational in utero and preconception ionising radiation (IR) testis or ovary doses were estimated from work history data, badge dose data, and literature doses (the latter doses before 1960). Female and male RTs reported a total of 111 and 34 haematopoietic malignancies and 115 and 34 solid tumours, respectively, in their offspring. Hazar ...[more]