Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of lung cancer associated with exposure at home to the radioactive disintegration products of naturally occurring radon gas. DESIGN: Collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer. SETTING: Nine European countries. SUBJECTS: 7148 cases of lung cancer and 14,208 controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Relative risks of lung cancer and radon gas concentrations in homes inhabited during the previous 5-34 year...

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Authors: Darby, S; Hill, D; Auvinen, A; Barros-Dios, J; Baysson, H

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 330
• Issue: 7485
• Pages: 223
• Publication date: 2005-01-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38308.477650.63
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Radon; Risk Factors; Air Pollution, Indoor; Male; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; Housing; Humans; Female; Air Pollution, Radioactive; Lung Neoplasms; Case-Control Studies; Air Pollutants, Radioactive; Smoking; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation