Projected lifetime cancer risks from occupational radiation exposure among diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely assessment of cancer risk from current radiation exposure among medical radiation workers can contribute to the development of strategies to prevent excessive occupational radiation exposure. The purpose of the present study is to estimate the lifetime risk of cancers induced by occupational radiation exposure among medical radiation workers.

Methods

Using estimated organ doses and the RadRAT risk assessment tool, the lifetime cancer risk was estimated among medical radiation workers who were enrolled in the Korean National Dose Registry from 1996 to 2011. Median doses were used for estimating the risk because of the skewed distribution of radiation doses. Realistic representative exposure scenarios in the study population based on sex, job start year, and

SUBMITTER: Lee WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278159 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature