On the discrepancy between epidemiologic studies in individuals of lung cancer and residential radon and Cohen's ecologic regression

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-10

  Lubin, Jay H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; Cancer; Epidemiology; Lungs, human

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER MORTALITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0031801302     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199807000-00001     Document Type: Review

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