Literature DB >> 7207604

Estimate of risk from environmental exposure to radon-222 and its decay products.

R D Evans, J H Harley, W Jacobi, A S McLean, W A Mills, C G Stewart.   

Abstract

Consideration of the epidemiological evidence on radiogenic lung cancer in uranium miners and of the incidence of the disease generally leads to an upper estimate for the lifetime risk of 10(-4) cases per working level month for members of the general population.

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Year:  1981        PMID: 7207604     DOI: 10.1038/290098a0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Nature        ISSN: 0028-0836            Impact factor:   49.962


  3 in total

1.  Activity concentrations of 222Rn, 220Rn, and their decay products in german dwellings, dose calculations and estimate of risk.

Authors:  G Keller; K H Folkerts; H Muth
Journal:  Radiat Environ Biophys       Date:  1982       Impact factor: 1.925

2.  alpha-Radiation dose at bronchial bifurcations of smokers from indoor exposure to radon progeny.

Authors:  E A Martell
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  1983-03       Impact factor: 11.205

Review 3.  Radon and Lung Cancer: Current Trends and Future Perspectives.

Authors:  Mariona Riudavets; Marta Garcia de Herreros; Benjamin Besse; Laura Mezquita
Journal:  Cancers (Basel)       Date:  2022-06-27       Impact factor: 6.575

  3 in total

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