ArticleBritish journal of cancer2009
Cancer in the offspring of female radiation workers: a record linkage study.
Article in British journal of cancer, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The influence of environmental exposures during the preconception period on offspring outcomes: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Preconception care: caffeine, smoking, alcohol, drugs and other environmental chemical/radiation exposure.Reproductive health · 2014Pooled it
- Infantile neuroblastoma and maternal occupational exposure to medical agents.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Review of the risk of cancer following low and moderate doses of sparsely ionising radiation received in early life in groups with individually estimated doses.Environment international · 2022Review
- Childhood cancer research in oxford III: The work of CCRG on ionising radiation.British journal of cancer · 2018Article
- In utero exposure to radiation and haematological malignancies: pooled analysis of Southern Urals cohorts.British journal of cancer · 2017Article
- Risk of solid cancer in the offspring of female workers of the Mayak nuclear facility in the Southern Urals, Russian Federation.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2016Article
- Cancer mortality following in utero exposure among offspring of female Mayak Worker Cohort members.Radiation research · 2012Article
- Cancer in the offspring of female radiation workers: a record linkage study.British journal of cancer · 2009Article
- Evidence relevant to untargeted and transgenerational effects in the offspring of irradiated parents.Mutation researchReview
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Abstract
This study uses record linkage between the National Registry of Childhood Tumours (NRCT) and the National Registry for Radiation Workers to re-assess our earlier finding that the offspring of women radiation workers exposed to ionising radiation before the child's conception may be at an increased risk of childhood cancer. An additional 16,964 childhood cancer patients taken from the NRCT, together with the same number of matched controls, are included. Pooled analyses, based on the new and original datasets, include 52,612 cases and their matched controls. Relative risks (RRs) for maternal employment as a radiation worker, maternal exposure or not during the relevant pregnancy and pattern of employment relative to conception and diagnosis dates were calculated.The new data provide no evidence of an increased risk of childhood cancer associated with maternal preconception radiation work and thus do not support our earlier finding of a raised risk in the offspring of female radiation workers. Considering the pooled data, a weak association was found between maternal radiation work during pregnancy and childhood cancer in offspring although the evidence is limited by the small numbers of linked cases and controls.
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