title: Nationwide survey on pediatric CT among children of public health and school nurses to examine a possibility for a follow-up study on radiation effects.
abstract: A nationwide survey was conducted in Japan on paediatric CT among children of public health and school nurses to examine a possibility for a follow-up study on radiation effects. A survey questionnaire was sent out to 3173 public primary and junior high schools and 317 public health centres during October to December in 2009. According to the collected responses, 410 (16.2 %) children received the CT scans and the total number of CT scans was 585. Most of respondents expressed a high interest in radiation health effects and an intent to participate in the epidemiological study that will follow-up the health conditions of children. This study provides information to discuss the feasibility of the epidemiological study on health effects in children who received CT scans.
authors.affiliation: Oita Prefecture-Mie Hospital, 3964-1 Miemachi-Miyano, Bungoono-shi, Oita 879-7101, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ojima
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akahane
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Chihaya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kouriyama
authors.forename: Suminori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kunugita
authors.forename: Yoshiya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D010372:Pediatrics; D011634:Public Health; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012573:School Nursing; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult