Are radon gas measurements adequate for epidemiological studies and case control studies of radon-induced lung cancer?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-235

  Nikezic, D ^a   Yu, K N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18844448708     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch451     Document Type: Article

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