Czech miner studies of lung cancer risk from radon

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages

  Tomasek L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMORS;

SMOKERS;

RADIOLOGY;

RADON; URANIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 0036742921     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/22/3/001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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