Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners
Conclusions
This new large, pooled study confirms and supports a linear exposure–response relationship between cumulative radon exposure and lung cancer mortality which is jointly modified by temporal and exposure factors.
Source: Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kelly-Reif, K., Bertke, S. J., Rage, E., Demers, P. A., Fenske, N., Deffner, V., Kreuzer, M., Samet, J., Schubauer-Berigan, M. K., Tomasek, L., Zablotska, L. B., Wiggins, C., Laurier, D., Richardson, D. B. Tags: Workplace Source Type: research
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