Lung cancer risk associated to exposure to radon and smoking in a case-control study of French uranium miners

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Leuraud, Klervi ^a   Billon, Solenne ^a   Bergot, Dominique ^a   Tirmarche, Margot ^a   Caër, Sylvaine ^b   Quesne, Benoît ^b   Laurier, Dominique ^a  

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

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Lungs, human; Mining, uranium; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URANIUM MINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 33947119224     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000252259.72683.2a     Document Type: Article

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