Published 2000 | Version v1
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Attributive risk for lung cancer from inhalation of radon in houses

  • 1. National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Description

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the lung cancer rate as a result from natural sources of ionizing radiation. The presented data is for the period from 1981 to 1996. The attributive risk (ratio of the expected lung cancer cases and the registered ones for 1 year) is presented. As a results from the study the following conclusions are made: about 4-15% of the lung cancer cases are due to the background irradiation, the attributive risk is about three times lower for women than for men. The attributive risk for Bulgarian population is close to that in countries with similar natural background (2.3 - 3.5 mSv/a)

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Additional titles

Original title (Bulgarian)
Atributiven risk za rak na beliya drob ot inkhalirane na radon v zhilishta

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
INIS-BG--0266

Conference

Title
22. Colloquium 'Physics in the protection of man and environment. Impact of physics factors with low intensity on man
Dates
23-25 Jun 2000
Place
Gyulechitsa (Bulgaria)

INIS

Country of Publication
Bulgaria
Country of Input or Organization
Bulgaria
INIS RN
32042431
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LUNGS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSES; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
Descriptors DEC
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; DOSES; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; HAZARDS; IRRADIATION; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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Notes
5 figs., 4 refs.