Authors: Daniel, Krewski, Jay H, Lubin, Jan M, Zielinski, Michael, Alavanja, Vanessa S, Catalan, R William, Field, Judith B, Klotz, Ernest G, Létourneau, Charles F, Lynch, Joseph I, Lyon, Dale P, Sandler, Janet B, Schoenberg, Daniel J, Steck, Jan A, Stolwijk, Clarice, Weinberg, Homer B, Wilcox
Venue: Epidemiology
Type: Publication
Abstract: Underground miners exposed to high levels of radon have an excess risk of lung cancer. Residential exposure to radon is at much lower levels, and the risk of lung cancer with residential exposure is less clear. We conducted a systematic analysis of pooled data from all North American residential radon studies.The pooling project included original data from 7 North American case-control studies, all of which used long-term alpha-track detectors to assess residential radon concentrations. A total of 3662 cases and 4966 controls were retained for ...
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Topics: 
Environmental health
Demography
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