Lung cancer rate vs. mean radon level in U.S. counties of various characteristics

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-119

  Cohen, Bernard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; linear hypothesis; lungs, human; radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031029363     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199701000-00016     Document Type: Article

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