On 12 Apr 2004 04:15:45 -0700, still_the_same_me@hotmail.com (James
Annan) wrote:

>> > Plus,
>> > in the last year I learnt that Japan has by far the highest rate for
>> > cancer caused by excessive x-ray usage (2.9% of all cancers are
>> > attributable to this cause, which means 7,500 cases, compared to 0.6%
>> > in UK and 0.9% in the USA).
 
>> I would like to see the source for this, please.

>"Risk of cancer from diagnostic X-rays: estimates for the UK and 14
>other countries", Amy Berrington de Gonz$(D??(Blez, Sarah Darby. The Lancet,
>Volume 363 Issue 9406 Page 345.

I wonder if this was included in their research results:

http://tinyurl.com/34lyc

Raj