Radon exposure and lung cancer risk: Czech cohort study

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Tomášek, Ladislav ^a   Plaček, Václav ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Inst Emergency Expertise and Contr   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0344286675     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580116     Document Type: Article

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