Residential radon and lung cancer in Sweden: Risk analysis accounting for random error in the exposure assessment

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Lagarde, Frédéric ^a   Pershagen, Göran ^a   Åkerblom, Gustav ^b   Axelson, Olav ^c   Bäverstam, Ulf ^b   Damber, Lena ^d   Enflo, Anita ^b   Svartengren, Magnus ^a   Swedjemark, Gun Astri ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cancer; health effects; lungs, human; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031027533     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199702000-00010     Document Type: Article

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