Radon and lung cancer in Finland

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-189

  Ruosteenoja, Eeva ^a,b   Mäkeläinen, Ilona ^a   Rytömaa, Tapio ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b,c   Hakama, Matti ^b,d  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

cancer; epidemiology; lungs, human; radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029954672     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199608000-00009     Document Type: Article

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