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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2004 109(3):211-215; doi:10.1093/rpd/nch325
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 109 No. 3 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Radiation exposure by radio-diagnostics in Switzerland: a pilot patient-oriented survey

A. Aroua1,*, J.-F. Valley1 and J.-P. Vader2

1 University Institute of Applied Radiation Physics, Grand-Pré 1, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
2 University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

* Corresponding author: abbas{at}aroua.com

A patient-oriented survey was conducted in Switzerland with the aim to establishing the distribution of medical X-ray examinations among the population. A sample of 1235 people aged between 15 and 74 y (589 males and 637 females) was contacted. The participants were asked to give the number of medical X-ray examinations performed during the previous 12 months. Three-fourths of the sample did not undergo any medical X-ray examination during a 12 month-period, and 10% of the population underwent more than 1 medical X-ray examination in a year. These results were independent of the geographic region. The age distributions of the participants who did not undergo any medical X-ray examination and those who underwent one medical X-ray examination were similar. On the other hand, the age distribution of the participants who underwent more than one medical X-ray examination was characterised by a higher contribution from the elderly.


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