Response to criticisms of Smith et al.

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Cohen, Bernard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; Cancer; Epidemiology; Lungs, human

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CALCULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING; THEORY;

EID: 0031777763     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199807000-00004     Document Type: Review

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