Daily Life And Safety In Pregnancy /

X-ray and Radiation exposure

01 In Brief

Radiation exposure and pregnancy:  this page has links to expert resources 

02 What Others Say

  • Health Physics Society: is an independent nonprofit scientific organisation of professionals who specialize in radiation safety .Excellent fact sheet on radiation exposure and pregnancy as well as links to specific Q&A topics of a wide range of every day and occupational concerns regarding pregnancy and radiation exposure  including ; 
    • conception after exposure
    • exposures directly and not directly  related to the fetus 
    • flying
    • power lines , magnets, computers,c airport screening, mobile phones 
    • tanning
    • effects of radiation on the fetus
    • breast feeding and contrast studies 

http://hps.org/documents/pregnancy_fact_sheet.pdf

http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/cat4.html

  • Fact sheet from Radiologyinfo.org a public information website funded by the American college of radiology and teh radiological society of North America 

 http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/safety/index.cfm?pg=sfty_xray#part6

  • American Society of Radiologic Technologists

Pregnancy and X-ray safety

03 I Want To Know More

Policy statement from The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 

Diagnostic Radiology and Pregnancy

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Last updated: 19/01/2011