Radon and cancers other than lung cancer in underground miners: A collaborative analysis of 11 studies

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 378-384

  Darby, Sarah C ^a   Whitely, Elise ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^b   Hutchings, Sally J ^c   Kusiak, Robert A ^d   Lubin, Jay H ^e   Morrison, Howard I ^f   Tirmarche, Margot ^g   Tomásek, Ladislav ^h   Radford, Edward P ^f   Roscoe, Robert J ⁱ   Samet, Jonathan M ^j   Yao, Shu Xiang ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut national du cancer du Canada   (Canada)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Department of National Health and Welfare ^*

^g INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^j Yunnan Tin Corporation   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; PANCREAS CANCER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON;

EID: 0028962755     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/87.5.378     Document Type: Article

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