Risk of lung cancer from radon exposure: Contribution of recently published studies of uranium miners

Annals of the ICRP

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 368-377

  Tirmarche, M ^a   Harrison, J ^b   Laurier, D ^a   Blanchardon, E ^a   Paquet, F ^a   Marsh, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Excess absolute risk; ICRP; Lung cancer; Radon exposure

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC EXPOSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCESS RELATIVE RISK; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIFETIME EXCESS ABSOLUTE RISK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; URANIUM MINE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URANIUM;

EID: 84867756884     PISSN: 01466453     EISSN: 1872969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icrp.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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