Residential radon and risk of lung cancer in Eastern Germany

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-568

  Kreuzer, Michaela ^a,b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Wölke, Gabi ^a   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^a,c   Gerken, Michael ^d   Wellmann, Juergen ^e   Keller, Gert ^f,g   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^g   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Lung neoplasm; Radon; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; RADON 222; TOBACCO SMOKE; RADON;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; GERMANY, EAST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADON; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0642304616     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000071410.26053.c4     Document Type: Article

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