Residential radon exposure and risk of lung cancer in Missouri

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1042-1048

  Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Mahaffey, Judith A ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; ALPHA RADIATION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033366693     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.1042     Document Type: Article

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