Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 567-575

  Choi, Humberto ^a,b   Mazzone, Peter ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906959128     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14046     Document Type: Review

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