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Congenital heart disease
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Survival adjusted cancer risks attributable to radiation exposure from cardiac catheterisations in children

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  • Richard W Harbron Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claire-Louise Chapple Regional Medical Physics Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne hospitals NHS trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John J O'Sullivan Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kate E Best Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amy Berrington de González Radiation Epidemiology Unit, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mark S Pearce Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Richard W Harbron, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 4LP, UK; r.w.harbron{at}ncl.ac.uk
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Harbron RW, Chapple C, O'Sullivan JJ, et al
Survival adjusted cancer risks attributable to radiation exposure from cardiac catheterisations in children
Heart 2017;103:341-346.

Publication history

  • Received April 7, 2016
  • Revised July 26, 2016
  • Accepted July 27, 2016
  • First published August 18, 2016.
Online issue publication 
February 16, 2017

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