Assessment of the effectiveness of radon screening programs in reducing lung cancer mortality

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1221-1230

  Gagnon, Fabien ^a,b,c   Courchesne, Mathieu ^b   Lévesque, Benoît ^c,d   Ayotte, Pierre ^c,d   Leclerc, Jean Marc ^c   Belles Isles, Jean Claude ^c   Prévost, Claude ^c   Dessau, Jean Claude ^c  

^a Université de Sherbrooke ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Prevention; Radon; Remediation measures; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; HOUSING; IONIZING RADIATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SCREENING; TOBACCO;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATIONS; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER MORTALITY; PREVENTION; PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS; REMEDIATION MEASURES; TARGETED SCREENINGS;

RADON;

RADON;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADON; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PUBLICATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 52449123087     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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