Modelling the possible effects of low-dose irradiation in young Australians exposed to CT scans

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1027368

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Radiation from CT (computerised tomographic X-ray) scans of children may cause a later increase in cancer risk. However, any risk for an individual will be small, so we are using de-identified records to study the average risk of cancer in 600,000 young Australians exposed to CT scans between 1985-2005. Our project has the capacity to detect an increase of 10% in the risk of exposed compared with non-exposed. Results will be available by Dec 2012.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $130,877.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

biostatistics | cancer epidemiology | cancer prevention | radiation | statistics

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