Indoor radon exposure and risk of lung cancer: A nested case-control study in Finland

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 966-972

  Auvinen, Anssi ^a   Mäkeläinen, Ilona ^a   Hakama, Matti ^b   Castrén, Olli ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^c   Reisbacka, Heikki ^a   Rytömaa, Tapio ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RADON; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029953260     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.14.966     Document Type: Article

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