Population attributable fraction for lung cancer due to residential radon in Switzerland and Germany

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-189

  Menzler, Susanne ^a   Piller, Georges ^b   Gruson, Martha ^b   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^c,d   Wichmann, H Erich ^d,e   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Human; Lungs; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 52049125474     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000309769.55126.03     Document Type: Article

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