Published March 1984
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Journal article
Two cases of acute leukemia with a history of long-term irradiation
- 1. Nagasaki Univ. (Japan). School of Medicine
Description
This paper presents two patients who developed acute leukemia due to long-term exposure to medical irradiation. One male patient aged 60 had engaged in medical practice as a radiographer for 40 years; another female patient aged 29 had taken care of her daughter in a x-ray room without putting on a protector when she underwent 40 x-ray examinations for 4 years. (Namekawa, K.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Hiroshima Igaku
- Journal Volume
- 37
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Hiroshima Igaku.
- Journal Page Range
- 473-476
- ISSN
- 0367-5904
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 16063773
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; DIAGNOSIS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENTS; RADIOLOGICAL PERSONNEL
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARCINOGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; HEMIC DISEASES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONNEL; RADIATION EFFECTS