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Radiation Epidemiology

Radiation Epidemiology is an academic discipline within epidemiology that investigates the distribution, determinants, and health effects of ionizing radiation exposure in human populations, particularly focusing on causal associations between radiation exposure and disease outcomes such as cancer, with an emphasis on vulnerable groups including children.

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140.6K

Citations

5.7K

Authors

1.8K

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2017–2026

278

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Publications

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SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION : United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes

民子 岩崎 · Isotope news · 2002 · 7.5K citations

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Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study

Mark S. Pearce, Jane A Salotti, Mark P. Little et al. · The Lancet · 2012 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Estimated Risks of Radiation-Induced Fatal Cancer from Pediatric CT

David J. Brenner, Carl D. Elliston, Eric J. Hall et al. · American Journal of Roentgenology · 2001 · 3.2K citations

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Cancer risk in 680 000 people exposed to computed tomography scans in childhood or adolescence: data linkage study of 11 million Australians

John D. Mathews, A. Forsythe, Zoe Brady et al. · BMJ · 2013 · 2K citations · Full text

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Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: Assessing what we really know

David J. Brenner, Richard Doll, D.T. Goodhead et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DL
    Dale L. Preston

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    60 publications · 11.8K citations

    42

    h-index

  2. JD
    John D. Boice

    International Epidemiology Institute, United States

    55 publications · 7.1K citations

    40

    h-index

  3. KM
    Kiyóhiko Mabuchi

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    42 publications · 9.6K citations

    33

    h-index

  4. RE
    Roy E. Shore

    New York University, United States

    36 publications · 6.4K citations

    27

    h-index

  5. MP
    Mark P. Little

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    52 publications · 5.9K citations

    27

    h-index

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. National Cancer Institute

    Bethesda, United States

    62 h-index

    510 publications

    107.3K citations

  2. Radiation Effects Research Foundation

    Nagasaki, Japan

    57 h-index

    628 publications

    73.1K citations

  3. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

    Bethesda, United States

    46 h-index

    282 publications

    45.9K citations

  4. Centre international de recherche sur le cancer

    Lyon, France

    32 h-index

    187 publications

    44.1K citations

  5. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire

    Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

    32 h-index

    163 publications

    10.2K citations

  6. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    30 h-index

    111 publications

    7.6K citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    28 h-index

    146 publications

    20.1K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    97 publications

    14.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Radiation Research

    183 publications · 23.4K citations

    72

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  2. Health Physics

    116 publications · 6K citations

    40

    h-index

  3. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 45 publications · 3.4K citations

    32

    h-index

  4. BMJ

    34 publications · 5.5K citations

    32

    h-index

  5. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

    37 publications · 5.3K citations

    31

    h-index

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