Increased risk of cancer in radon-exposed miners with elevated frequency of chromosomal aberrations

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 514, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 165-176

  Smerhovsky, Zdenek ^a   Landa, Karel ^a   Rossner, Pavel ^a   Juzova, Dagmar ^a   Brabec, Marek ^a   Zudova, Zdena ^b   Hola, Nora ^b   Zarska, Hana ^c   Nevsimalova, Emilie ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Center of the State Office for Nuclear Safety   (Czech Republic)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Chromosomal aberrations; Epidemiology; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOGENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037082961     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(01)00328-X     Document Type: Article

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