Radon-progeny exposure and lung cancer risk in a cohort of Newfoundland fluorspar miners

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-65

  Morrison, H I ^a   Villeneuve, P J ^b   Lubin, J H ^c   Schaubel, D E ^a  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; COCARCINOGENESIS; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEWFOUNDLAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031831386     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579646     Document Type: Article

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