Published 1987
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Book
Observations of lung cancer
Description
In this chapter the author discusses the following: Incidence of lung and other cancers in the general population; Lung cancer among uranium miners; Dose-response effects and the linearity hypothesis; Other biological factors affecting radon-induced lung cancer; and Epidemiological studies of the general population
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press.
- Imprint Place
- Seattle, WA (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Indoor radon and its hazards
- Imprint Pagination
- vp.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 91-108.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20044591
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMAS; CORRELATIONS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; LUNGS; MINERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM MINES
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; MINES; NEOPLASMS; NONMETALS; ORGANS; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONNEL; RARE GASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES