Significance of radiation exposure from work-related chest x-rays for epidemiologic studies of radiation workers

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• Personal Author:
  Buncher CR ; Cardarelli, John J. II ; Elson H ; Rice C ; Spitz, Henry ; Succop P
• Description:
  Introduction: Occupational epidemiologic studies provide an opportunity to evaluate the health risks from exposure to low-levels of ionizing radiation. These studies rarely include exposures from medical sources. In two studies of atomic bomb survivors, the authors concluded that medical x-ray exposures should be evaluated to better understand the effects for low-level exposures to ionizing radiation (Yamamoto et al., 1988; Antoku et al., 1972). The aim of this study is to investigate multiple sources of worker exposures to external ionizing radiation at a uranium enrichment plant (a low-level exposure facility) between the early 1940s and 1990s and determine if work-related x-ray exposures added substantially to their cumulative occupational dose. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radiography Safety Uranium
• Keywords:
  Bone-marrow Chest-X-rays Dose-response Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Humans Ionizing-radiation Medical-services Photofluoroscopy Radiation-exposure Radiation-measurement Uranium-compounds X-ray-absorption

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• ISBN:
  9789170456077
• ISSN:
  0346-7821
• Publisher:
  Arbetslivsinstitutet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  153-154
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041288
• Citation:
  Arbete och Halsa 2001 Jun; 2001(10):153-154
• CAS Registry Number:
  Uranium (CAS RN 7440-61-1)
• Editor(s):
  Hagsberg M; Knave B; Lillienberg L; Westberg H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Arbete och Halsa (X2001 - exposure assessment in epidemiology and practice, June 10-13, 2001, Göteborg, Sweden)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:24ce89fa6daa23d45eb58fb486cf8c156f9d4961cd1cacbd6c55ce1518a07f274f2f604dd170b46782eef14276c3fc4595b418f397a062c9308d17bdccdf6dc1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193891/cdc_193891_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 84.71 KB ]