Residential radon exposure and lung cancer risk in Misasa, Japan: A case-control study

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-92

  Sobue, Tomotaka ^a   Lee, Valerie S ^a   Ye, Weimin ^a,e   Tanooka, Hiroshi ^a   Mifune, Masaaki ^b,f   Suyama, Akihiko ^c,g   Koga, Taeko ^d   Morishima, Hiroshige ^d   Kondo, Sohei ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Radiation Effect Research Foundation ^*  (Japan)

^g RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha track detector; Cancer incidence; Case control study; Lung cancer; Residential radon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HOUSING; RADON;

ALPHA TRACK DETECTORS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER RISKS; ODD RATIOS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON EXPOSURE; RADON LEVEL; RESIDENTIAL RADON;

DISEASES;

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034200539     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.41.81     Document Type: Article

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