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Whats cancer risk from radiation exposure 2004 4.4 mci tl201cardiac stress test, 2010 ct abdomen pelvis, 2013 low dose chest ct? accumulated msv risk?
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Immeasurably low: The risk from that radiation is immeasurably low.
Answered 5/1/2019
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