Radon and risk of extrapulmonary cancers: Results of the German uranium miners' cohort study, 1960-2003

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1946-1953

  Kreuzer, M ^a   Walsh, L ^a   Schnelzer, M ^a   Tschense, A ^a   Grosche, B ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Radiation; Radon; U miners

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; RADON 222; SILICON DIOXIDE; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TONGUE CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; URANIUM;

EID: 56749170528     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604776     Document Type: Article

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