Opinion on reconsideration of lung cancer risk from domestic radon exposure
Two extensive collaborative meta studies including 13 residential case-control studies from Europe and 7 from North America have demonstrated that domestic radon clearly poses a risk for lung cancer at exposure levels approaching those for underground miners. An excess risk for lung cancer of 0.08–0...
Main Authors: | Robert Nilsson, Jian Tong |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2020-03-01
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Series: | Radiation Medicine and Protection |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666555720300010 |
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