Residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer: The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1091-1102

  Field, R William ^a   Steck, Daniel J ^b   Smith, Brian J ^a   Brus, Christine P ^a   Fisher, Eileen L ^a   Neuberger, John S ^c   Platz, Charles E ^d   Robinson, Robert A ^d   Woolson, Robert F ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Global Business Leadership Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Dose response relationship; Lung neoplasms; Radiation; Radon; Smoking; Women's health

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034210587     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010153     Document Type: Article

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