Race Correction and the X-Ray Machine - The Controversy over Increased Radiation Doses for Black Americans in 1968

N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 8;387(10):947-952. doi: 10.1056/NEJMms2206281.

Authors

Itai Bavli¹, David S Jones¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge (I.B., D.S.J.), and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (D.S.J.) - both in Massachusetts; and the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (I.B.).

PMID: 36069880
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms2206281

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Black or African American* / history
History, 20th Century
Humans
Racism* / history
Radiation Dosage*
Radiography* / adverse effects
Radiography* / history
Radiography* / standards
United States
X-Rays