Residential radon exposure and risk of incident hematologic malignancies in the Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-54

  Teras, Lauren R ^a   Diver, W Ryan ^a   Turner, Michelle C ^b,c,d,e   Krewski, Daniel ^e   Sahar, Liora ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymphoid malignancies; Lymphoma; Prospective; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON; AIR POLLUTANT;

BONE; CANCER; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT; RADON; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADON; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962602293     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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