Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer in Sweden

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 159-164

  Pershagen, Goran ^b   Akerblom, Gustav ^a   Axelson, Olav ^d   Clavensjo, Bertil ^e   Damber, Lena ^f   Desai, Gunilla ^d   Enflo, Anita ^c   Lagarde, Frederic ^b   Mellander, Hans ^c   Svartengren, Magnus ^b   Swedjemark, Gun Astri ^c  

^a Karolinska institute ^*

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 222;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028014402     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199401203300302     Document Type: Article

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