Residential radon and lung cancer incidence in a Danish cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 130-136

  Bräuner, Elvira V ^a,b   Andersen, Claus E ^c   Sørensen, Mette ^a   Jovanovic Andersen, Zorana ^a,d   Gravesen, Peter ^e   Ulbak, Kaare ^f   Hertel, Ole ^g   Pedersen, Camilla ^a   Overvad, Kim ^g   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f National Institute of Radiation Protection   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Prediction; Prospective cohort; Register based study; Residential radon

Indexed keywords

RADON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADON; RESIDENT POPULATION; SMOKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON;

DENMARK;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84866037499     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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