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Radiation dose effects in relation to obstetric X-rays and childhood cancers.
Lancet, 295, 1185-1188. 1970.
In this study of ten million children Stewart and Kneale showed that obstetric X-rays significantly increased the rate of childhood leukemia and cancer.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #7783 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/9955 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | radiation-ddose-eeffects-in-relation-to-obstetric-xrays-and-childhood-cancers |