Lung cancer attributable to indoor radon exposure in France: Impact of the risk models and uncertainty analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1361-1366

  Catelinois, Olivier ^a   Rogel, Agnès ^a   Laurier, Dominique ^a   Billon, Solenne ^a   Hemon, Denis ^b   Verger, Pierre ^c   Tirmarche, Margot ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Regional Health Agency ARS of Provence Alpes Côte d Azur   (France)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Radiation; Radon; Risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINER; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33748133876     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9070     Document Type: Article

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