Lung cancer risk and radon exposure in a cohort of iron ore miners in Malmberget, Sweden

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 519-525

  Jonsson, Håkan ^a   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a   Åkerblom, Gustav ^b   Eriksson, Kåre ^a   Andersson, Kurt ^c   Kågström, Leif ^c   Järvholm, Bengt ^a   Damber, Lena ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c LKAB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955612446     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047449     Document Type: Article

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