Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies
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Summary
Collectively, though not separately, these studies show appreciable hazards from residential radon, particularly for smokers and recent ex-smokers, and indicate that it is responsible for about 2% of all deaths from cancer in Europe.
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- article
- Published
- 2004-12-21
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- 1,852
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- Open access
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Keywords
Radon, Lung cancer, Confidence interval, Nuclear medicine, Radon gas
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