Residential radon exposure and skin cancer incidence in a prospective Danish cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Bräuner, Elvira Vaclavik ^a,b   Loft, Steffen ^c   Sørensen, Mette ^b   Jensen, Allan ^b   Andersen, Claus Erik ^d   Ulbak, Kaare ^e   Hertel, Ole ^f   Pedersen, Camilla ^b   Tjønneland, Anne ^b   Kjær, Susanne Krüger ^b,f   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^b,g  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e National Institute of Radiation Protection   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADON; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84942899465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135642     Document Type: Article

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