Indoor radon and lung cancer: A case-control study

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Vuković, Branko ^a   Faj, Dario ^a   Radolić, Vanja ^a   Planinić, Josip ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemiology; Indoor exposure; Lung cancer; Miners; Natural radioactivity; Radon; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR RADON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROATIA; HOUSING; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROATIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADON;

EID: 26944503120     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010412331314274     Document Type: Article

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