Lung cancer risk due to radon in dwellings-evaluation of the epidemiological knowledge

International Congress Series

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2005, Pages 54-57

  Wichmann, H E ^a,b   Schaffrath Rosario, A ^a   Heid, I M ^a   Kreuzer, M ^c   Heinrich, J ^a   Kreienbrock, L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Radon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646456396     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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