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Radon daughter exposure in mines, smoking and lung cancer

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


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str. 265-273

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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

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/157848

Datum izdavanja:

3.10.1984.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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