Published 1991 | Version v1
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The radon risk

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Description

Several small-scale pilot studies in Sweden and in the USA investigated the frequency of pulmonary cancer in persons living in houses with increased radon concentrations. These studies do not exclude a relation between pulmonary cancer and radon in buildings but do not furnish statistically reliable proofs. The number of pulmonary cancer cases investigated was too small and other epidemiologically relevant parameters such as smoking were considered only insufficiently. Comprehensive case-control studies were thus started in Sweden, England and in the Federal Republic of Germany to obtain more reliable results. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from FIZ Karlsruhe.

Abstract (German)

Zur Untersuchung der Lungenkrebshaeufigkeit bei Personengruppen, die in Haeusern mit erhoehter Radon-Konzentration wohnen, wurden in Schweden und in den USA mehrere kleine Pilotstudien durchgefuehrt. Sie schliessen einen Zusammenhang zwischen Lungenkrebs und Radon in Haeusern nicht aus, ermoeglichen aber keinen statistisch sicheren Beweis. So ist die Zahl der in diesen Studien erfassten Lungenkrebsfaelle zu klein und andere epidemiologisch wichtige Parameter, wie zum Beispiel das Rauchen, sind nur ungenuegend eingeflossen. In Schweden, in England und in der Bundesrepublik wurden deshalb umfangreiche Fall-Kontroll-Studien zu diesem Problem begonnen. (orig.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Risiko Radon

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Radiation in everyday life
Imprint Pagination
64 p.
Journal Issue
no. 7
Series
GSF Mensch + Umwelt.
Journal Page Range
p. 29-34.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
23027655
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; HOUSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INHALATION; MINERS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
BUILDINGS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTAKE; ISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; NONMETALS; PERSONNEL; POPULATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RARE GASES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

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Imprint:Strahlung im Alltag.