Radon and lung cancer in the American Cancer Society Cohort

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Turner, Michelle C ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a,b   Chen, Yue ^a   Pope III, C Arden ^c   Gapstur, Susan ^d   Thun, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RISK SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955754031     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1153     Document Type: Article

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