An overview of the North American residential radon and lung cancer case-control studies

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 599-631

  Field, R William ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^b   Lubin, Jay H ^c   Zielinski, Jan M ^b,d   Alavanja, Michael ^c   Catalan, Vanessa S ^e   Klotz, Judith B ^f   Létourneau, Ernest G ^g   Lynch, Charles F ^a   Lyon, Joseph L ^h   Sandler, Dale P ⁱ   Schoenberg, Janet B ^f   Steck, Daniel J ^j   Stolwijk, Jan A ^k   Weinberg, Clarice ⁱ   Wilcox, Homer B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f Cancer Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^g HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j Global Business Leadership Department   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EUROPE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NORTH AMERICA; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645924355     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500260960     Document Type: Review

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