Kaczmarek RG, Moore RM, Keppel KG, Placek PJ. X-ray examinations during pregnancy: National Natality Surveys, 1963 and 1980.
Am J Public Health 1989;
79:75-7. [PMID:
2909188 PMCID:
PMC1349476 DOI:
10.2105/ajph.79.1.75]
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Abstract
Based on 1963 and 1980 National Natality Surveys, the rate of medical x-ray examinations during pregnancy per 100 mothers fell 34.2 percent. A decrease in chest x-ray examinations accounted for almost all of the decline in total x-ray examinations. The reductions were greater for older mothers and those who were not White. While the number of births fell from 4,071,000 in 1963 to 3,612,000 in 1980, the number of pelvimetry examinations actually increased by 45,000.
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