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Table 9 Comparison of effective dose and radiation risk with other studies

From: Estimation of dose and cancer risk to newborn from chest X-ray in South-South Nigeria: a call for protocol optimization

Sources

Effective dose (μSv)

(Radiation risk) x10-6

This study

740

20.7

Olgar et al. [26]

15

2

Brindhaban and Eze [28]

12

Ward et al. [39]

20

Aliasgharzadeh et al. [40]

45.52

1.27–5.91

Jones et al. [41]

15.4

2

Bouaoun et al. [42]a

31.6

0.9–4.1

  1. aComparison was with chest and abdomen