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Radiation epidemiology and recent paediatric computed tomography studies by Boice, J.D.

“…Recent record-linkage studies of cancer risk following computed tomography (CT) procedures among children and adolescents under 21 years of age must be…”
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Thyroid Cancer after Exposure to External Radiation: A Pooled Analysis of Seven Studies by Ron, Elaine, Lubin, Jay H., Shore, Roy E., Mabuchi, Kiyohiko, Modan, Baruch, Pottern, Linda M., Schneider, Arthur B., Tucker, Margaret A., Boice, John D.

“…The thyroid gland of children is especially vulnerable to the carcinogenic action of ionizing radiation. To provide insights into various modifying influences…”
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Tumors of the brain and nervous system after radiotherapy in childhood by Ron, E, Modan, B, Boice, Jr, J D, Alfandary, E, Stovall, M, Chetrit, A, Katz, L

“…We investigated the relation between radiotherapy in childhood for tinea capitis and the later development of tumors of the brain and nervous system among…”
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Frequent Chest X-Ray Fluoroscopy and Breast Cancer Incidence among Tuberculosis Patients in Massachusetts by Boice, John D., Preston, Dale, Davis, Faith G., Monson, Richard R.

“…The incidence of breast cancer was determined in 4940 women treated for tuberculosis between 1925 and 1954 in Massachusetts. Among 2573 women examined by X-ray…”
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Thyroid cancer: a lethal endocrine neoplasm by Robbins, J, Merino, M J, Boice, Jr, J D, Ron, E, Ain, K B, Alexander, H R, Norton, J A, Reynolds, J

“…This conference focuses on the controversies about managing thyroid cancer, emphasizing the possibility that the treatment of patients with potentially fatal…”
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Thyroid Cancer after Diagnostic Administration of Iodine-131 by Hall, Per, Mattsson, Anders, Boide, John D.

“…To provide quantitative data on the risk of thyroid cancer after exposure to 131 I, 34,104 patients administered 131 I for diagnostic purposes were followed…”
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A respiratory model for uranium aluminide based on occupational data by Leggett, R W, Eckerman, K F, Boice, Jr, J D

“…As part of an epidemiological study, doses from intake of radionuclides were estimated for workers employed during a 52-year period at the Rocketdyne/Atomics…”
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Bone sarcomas linked to radiotherapy and chemotherapy in children by Tucker, M A, D'Angio, G J, Boice, Jr, J D, Strong, L C, Li, F P, Stovall, M, Stone, B J, Green, D M, Lombardi, F, Newton, W

“…We estimated the risk of subsequent bone cancer among 9170 patients who had survived two or more years after the diagnosis of a cancer in childhood. As…”
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Thyroid Neoplasia Following Low-Dose Radiation in Childhood by Ron, Elaine, Modan, Baruch, Preston, Dale, Alfandary, Esther, Stovall, Marilyn, Boice, John D.

“…The thyroid gland is highly sensitive to the carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation. Previously, we reported a significant increase of thyroid cancer and…”
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Errors in Exposure Assessment, Statistical Power and the Interpretation of Residential Radon Studies by Lubin, Jay H., Boice, John D., Samet, Jonathan M.

“…To date, epidemiological studies of risk from residential radon have not convincingly demonstrated an association with lung cancer. These case-control studies,…”
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Cancer mortality in a Texas county with prior uranium mining and milling activities, 1950-2001 by Boice, Jr, John D, Mumma, Michael, Schweitzer, Sarah, Blot, William J

“…Uranium was discovered in Karnes County, Texas, in 1954 and the first uranium mill began operating in 1961 near Falls City. Uranium milling and surface and in…”
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Cancer mortality in a radiation-exposed cohort of Massachusetts tuberculosis patients by Davis, F G, Boice, Jr, J D, Hrubec, Z, Monson, R R

“…The mortality experience of 13,385 tuberculosis patients treated between 1925 and 1954 in Massachusetts was determined through August 1986. Among 6,285…”
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Indoor radon and lung cancer in China by Blot, W J, Xu, Z Y, Boice, Jr, J D, Zhao, D Z, Stone, B J, Sun, J, Jing, L B, Fraumeni, Jr, J F

“…Radon has long been known to contribute to risk of lung cancer, especially in undergound miners who are exposed to large amounts of the carcinogen. Recently,…”
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Radon-exposed underground miners and inverse dose-rate (protraction enhancement) effects by Lubin, J H, Boice, Jr, J D, Edling, C, Hornung, R W, Howe, G, Kunz, E, Kusiak, R A, Morrison, H I, Radford, E P, Samet, J M

“…Recent models for radon-induced lung cancer assume that at high levels of cumulative exposure, as experienced historically by many underground miners of…”
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Radiation-Induced Skin Carcinomas of the Head and Neck by Ron, Elaine, Modan, Baruch, Preston, Dale, Alfandary, Esther, Stovall, Marilyn, Boice, John D.

“…Radiation exposures to the scalp during childhood for tinea capitis were associated with a fourfold increase in skin cancer, primarily basal cell carcinomas,…”
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Childhood cancer mortality in relation to the St Lucie nuclear power station by Boice, Jr, John D, Mumma, Michael T, Blot, William J, Heath, Jr, Clark W

“…An unusual county-wide excess of childhood cancers of brain and other nervous tissue in the late 1990s in St Lucie County, Florida, prompted the Florida…”
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Thyroid Nodularity and Cancer among Chernobyl Cleanup Workers from Estonia by Inskip, Peter D., Hartshorne, Michael F., Tekkel, Mare, Rahu, Mati, Veidebaum, Toomas, Auvinen, Anssi, Crooks, Lida A., Littlefield, L. Gayle, McFee, Alfred F., Salomaa, Sisko, Mäkinen, Sirpa, Tucker, James D., Sorensen, Karen J., Bigbee, William L., Boice, John D.

“…Thyroid examinations, including palpation, ultrasound and, selectively, fine-needle aspiration biopsy, were conducted on nearly 2,000 Chernobyl cleanup workers…”
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Diagnostic x-ray procedures and risk of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma by Boice, J.D. Jr, Morin, M.M., Glass, A.G., Friedman, G.D., Stovall, M., Hoover, R.N., Fraumeni, J.F. Jr

“…Exposure to diagnostic x-rays and the risk of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and multiple myeloma were studied within two prepaid health plans. Adult…”
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Prenatal x-ray exposure and childhood cancer in twins by Harvey, E B, Boice, Jr, J D, Honeyman, M, Flannery, J T

“…We conducted a case-control study to investigate the relation between prenatal exposure to x-rays and childhood cancer, including leukemia, in over 32,000…”
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Cancer in populations living near nuclear facilities. A survey of mortality nationwide and incidence in two states by Jablon, S., Hrubec, Z., Boice, J.D. Jr

“…Reports from the United Kingdom have described increases in leukemia and lymphoma among young persons living near certain nuclear installations. Because of…”
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