Bone Marrow Dose Estimates from Work-Related Medical X-Ray Examinations Given Between 1943 and 1966 for Personnel from Five U.S. Nuclear Facilities

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Jeri L. ; Daniels, Robert D.
• Description:
  Inclusion of dose from work-related medical x-ray examinations with occupational external dose in an epidemiological study may reduce misclassification of exposures and provide more accurate assessment of leukemia risk from occupational exposure to ionizing radiation. In a multi-site leukemia case-control study, annual bone marrow doses due to work-related x-ray examinations given between 1943 and 1966 were estimated for cases and controls employed at five nuclear facilities. Only active bone marrow dose from photofluorographic chest and routine lumbar spine x rays were included. Bone marrow dose assigned for a single exposure ranged from 1.0 to 1.4 mGy. Mean and median cumulative bone marrow doses for each of the five sites from work-related x-ray examinations ranged from 2.0 to 14 mGy and 2.1 to 8.8 mGy, respectively. Results suggest that bone marrow dose from work-related photofluorographic and lumbar spine x-ray examinations given during the time period of this study may be significant compared to occupational bone marrow dose. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Epidemiology Musculoskeletal System Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radiography Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Bone-marrow Cancer Case-studies Ionizing-radiation Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Radiation-effects Radiation-exposure Risk-analysis Risk-factors X-ray-analysis X-ray-diagnosis

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• ISSN:
  0017-9078
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  90
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030225
• Citation:
  Health Phys 2006 Jun; 90(6):544-553
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, PHS/DHHS, 4676 Columbia Pkwy, Mail Stop R-44, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Health Physics
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d54f014c2d5d47d920e78acaeb4cbe438f96cea60f1e43877955d7210c8da0f81568d26395ed4e58775070cd306a8843c1c26caf5909fc3bc91d1bbdd0ee05d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190975/cdc_190975_DS1.pdf
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