Background The detrimental health effects associated with the receipt of moderate (0.1–1
Gy) and high (> 1 Gy) acute doses of sparsely ionising radiation are well established from …

Recent studies suggest that every year worldwide about a million patients might be exposed
to doses of the order of 100 mGy of low-LET radiation, due to recurrent application of …

Over one million European children undergo computed tomography (CT) scans annually.
Although moderate-to high-dose ionizing radiation exposure is an established risk factor for …

PURPOSE Since the 1980s, both the incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and
use of radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment increased markedly. RAI has been associated with …

Background Ionizing radiation is an established carcinogen, but risks from low-dose
exposures are controversial. Since the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation VII review of …

Importance Radioactive iodine (RAI) has been used extensively to treat hyperthyroidism
since the 1940s. Although widely considered a safe and effective therapy, RAI has been …

X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Abstract The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has embarked on
a review and revision of the system of Radiological Protection that will update the 2007 …

Importance Whether computed tomography (CT) radiation is truly carcinogenic remains
controversial. Large epidemiological studies that purportedly showed an association …

This study investigated the impact of residential radon exposure on human cancers (ie, lung
cancer and childhood leukemia) through a systematic review and meta-analysis of case …