Authors: Sarah C. Darby, D. Hill, H. Deo, Anssi Auvinen, Juan Miguel Barros-Dios, H. Baysson, Francesco Bochicchio, R. Falk, Sara Farchi, Adolfo Figueiras, Matti Hakama, Iris M. Heid, Nezahat Hunter, Lothar Kreienbrock, Michaela Kreuzer, Frédéric Lagarde, Mäkeläinen I, Colin R. Muirhead, Wilhelm Oberaigner, Göran Pershagen, E. Ruosteenoja, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Margot Tirmarche, Ladislav Tomasek, Elise Whitley, Heinz-Erich Wichmann, Richard Doll

Venue: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health

Type: Publication

Abstract: Objectives: Studies seeking direct estimates of the lung cancer risk associated with residential radon exposure lasting several decades have been conducted in many European countries. Individually these studies have not been large enough to assess moderate risks reliably. Therefore data from all 13 European studies of residential radon and lung cancer satisfying certain prespecified criteria have been brought together and analyzed. Methods: Data were available for 7148 persons with lung cancer and 14 208 controls, all with individual smoking hi... (read more)

DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.969