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What's the amount of radiation from abdominal x-ray in kids? how danger it is?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

It is not: Dangerous. The total effective radiation dose is about 0.7 mSv. The theoretical increase in lifetime risk for this dose is about .01% or 1 in 10000. Keep in mind that this is a theoretical risk based on extrapolation models.....there is no hard evidence that radiation doses this low have caused any cancers.

Answered 5/6/2016

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