Radon and nonrespiratory mortality in the American cancer society cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 808-814

  Turner, Michelle C ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a   Chen, Yue ^a   Pope, C Arden ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cohort studies; neoplasms; radon; United States

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MORTALITY; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NONRESPIRATORY MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868013762     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws198     Document Type: Article

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