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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Dec 16;39(Suppl 1):S4. doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1026-3

Table 14.

Cancer mortality rates in cohorts of children whose mothers underwent diagnostic-x-rays during pregnancy^a

		Number of cancer deaths in exposed and unexposed
Study, Yr Published, Location	Years of Birth	Exposed	Unexposed	Observed - Expected	Var (O-E)
Diamond EL et al, 1973 Baltimore	1947–59	13/19,889	23/35,753	0.1	8.3
Lejeune J et al, 1960 Paris	1947–52	2/491	0/468	1.0	0.5
Lewis TLT, 1960 London	1943–58	1/11,443	7/33,752	−1.0	1.5
Magnin P, 1962 Lyon	1948–56	1/5,353	1/5,353	0.0	0.5
Griem ML et al, 1967 Chicago	1947–49	4/982	6/1,759	0.4	2.3
Hagstrom RM et al, 1969 Nashville	1945–49	4/634	0/655	2.0	1.0
Total				2.5	14.1

Source: Doll and Wakeford 1997 [16]