Radon and COPD mortality in the American Cancer Society Cohort

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1113-1119

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

^a Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c RISK SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort study; Radon; USA

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADON;

EID: 84860484164     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00058211     Document Type: Article

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