The precautionary principle applied to lung cancer risk caused by residential radon;Le principe de précaution appliqué au risque de cancer du poumon causé par le radon domestique

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-157

  De Brouwer, C ^a   Lagasse, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action levels; Lung cancer risk; Precautionary principle; Radiation protection; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER RISK; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERROR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BELGIUM; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036263236     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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