Friday, 22 July 2016

Radiologists do not face higher risk of radiation-related death

A study led by the U.S. National Cancer Institute has determined that radiologists are not a greater risk of death due to chronic exposure to low levels of radiation.  The study, comparing nearly 44,000 radiologists with 65,000 psychiatrists (who are unlikely to be exposed to radiation on the job) found that radiologists graduating after 1940 "fared better than the psychiatrists [with] no evidence of increased radiation-related deaths".

To read more about this study, click here.

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