The history of lung cancer epidemiology parallels the history of modern chronic disease
epidemiology. Although an excess of lung cancer was firstly observed among miners and …

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Although smoking-
related lung cancers continue to account for the majority of diagnoses, smoking rates have …

Objective To determine the risk of lung cancer associated with exposure at home to the
radioactive disintegration products of naturally occurring radon gas Design Collaborative …

Background: Underground miners exposed to high levels of radon have an excess risk of
lung cancer. Residential exposure to radon is at much lower levels, and the risk of lung …

Cohort studies have consistently shown underground miners exposed to high levels of
radon to be at excess risk of lung cancer, and extrapolations based on those results indicate …

Objectives Studies seeking direct estimates of the lung cancer risk associated with
residential radon exposure lasting several decades have been conducted in many …

A Task Group of ICRP Committee 1 was established by the Commission in 2005 to
investigate and report on risks from alpha-emitting radionuclides. In 2007, after a period of …

Although lung cancer incidence rates started to slowly decrease for men in the 1980s
followed by declining incidence rates for women in the late 1990s, 1 lung and bronchus …

This study investigated the impact of residential radon exposure on human cancers (ie, lung
cancer and childhood leukemia) through a systematic review and meta-analysis of case …

Introduction: Lung cancer is the most important cause of cancer mortality. It is a multifactorial
disease with multiple risk factors, including residential radon exposure. Areas covered: The …