Canadian individual risks of radon-induced lung cancer for different exposure profiles

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-363

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Radon; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844451796     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404033     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. National Research Council. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VI Report. Health Effects of Exposure to Radon. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.
2. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA assessment of risks from radon in homes. Washington, DC: Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, 2003.
3. National Research Council. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) IV Report. Health Effects of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha Emitters. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1988.
4. Data source: Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database 1996-2000, Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division.
5. The analyses were performed on Health Canada's DAIS nesstar edition of anonymized microdata from the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2002 Annual-Persons File, which contains anonymized microdata collected by the Special Surveys Sub-division, Labour and Household Surveys Branch, Statistics Canada.