Health Effects from Occupational Radiation Exposure among Fluoroscopy-Guided Interventional Medical Workers: A Systematic Review

Seulki Ko, Seonghoon Kang, Mina Ha, Jaeyoung Kim, Jae Kwan Jun, Kyoung Ae Kong, Won Jin Lee

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    Abstract

    A systematic review was conducted to provide an overview of the health effects of occupational radiation exposure from interventional fluoroscopy procedures on medical radiation workers. Among the 34 studies that met the inclusion criteria, most studies were cross-sectional (76%) and published after 2011 (65%) in a handful of countries. Although diverse outcomes were reported, most studies focused on cataracts. Radiation health effects were rarely assessed by risk per unit dose. Interventional radiation medical workers represent a small subset of the population studied worldwide. Further epidemiologic studies should be conducted to evaluate health outcomes among interventional radiation medical workers.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)353-366
    Number of pages14
    JournalJournal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
    Volume29
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Mar

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Korea Ministry of Health and Welfare and Center for Disease Control and Prevention grant number 2017E3600600.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2017 SIR

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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