Residential Radon and Brain Tumour Incidence in a Danish Cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Bräuner, Elvira V ^a,b   Andersen, Zorana J ^a,c   Andersen, Claus E ^d   Pedersen, Camilla ^a   Gravesen, Peter ^e   Ulbak, Kaare ^f   Hertel, Ole ^g   Loft, Steffen ^c   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^f National Institute of Radiation Protection   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; VEGETABLE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADON;

EID: 84884200559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074435     Document Type: Article

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