The influence of radon measurement errors on the uncertainties of epidemiological case-control studies

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 145, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Zhukovsky, Michael ^a   Onishchenko, Aleksandra ^a   Varaksin, Anatoly ^a   Vasilyev, Aleksey ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79957500683     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr090     Document Type: Article

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