Modifiers of lung cancer risk in uranium miners from the Colorado Plateau

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-21

  Hornung, Richard W ^a,b   Deddens, James A ^a,b   Roscoe, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Human; Lungs; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; LUNG CANCER; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031963527     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199801000-00002     Document Type: Article

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