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Radon daughter exposure in mines, smoking and lung cancer

C. Edling ; Department of Occupational Medicine, Linkiiping University, Linkiiping, Sweden

Abstract

This paper summarizes some recent data on lung cancer and radon daughter exposure. In mines, exposure to radon and its daughters is associated with a substantial risk of lung cancer, but there seems to be a complex relationship between radon and radon daughter exposure and smoking. Epidemiological studies as well as animal experiments indicate mat radiation might be important for the initiation of lung cancer, resulting m a substantial lung cancer risk even for non-smoking miners and that smoking is likely to act mainly as a promoter

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Hrčak ID:

157848

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/157848

Publication date:

3.10.1984.

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