Glass-based radon-exposure assessment and lung cancer risk

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 344-354

  Lagarde, Frédéric ^a   Falk, Rolf ^b   Almrén, Katinka ^a   Nyberg, Fredrik ^a   Svensson, Helena ^a,c   Pershagen, Göran ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control study; Exposure assessment; Glass; Lung neoplasms; Never smokers; Radon; Risk assessment; Surface activity

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; AVERAGING; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLASS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036717499     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500236     Document Type: Article

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