Correlation between radon levels and lung cancer mortality rates: Experimental and theoretical problems

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 84-87

  Nghiep, Tran Dai ^a,b,c   Anh, Vo Thi ^a,d  

^a VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b Institute for Nuclear Science and Techniques (INST)   (Viet Nam)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d INST   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality rate; Energy transfer model; Hormesis; Linear no threshold hypothesis; Radon gas

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMESIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY;

EID: 33745791530     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.007898     Document Type: Article

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