Attributable risk of lung cancer deaths due to indoor radon exposure

SH Kim, WJ Hwang, JS Cho… - Annals of occupational …, 2016 - synapse.koreamed.org
Exposure to radon gas is the second most common cause of lung cancer after smoking. A
large number of studies have reported that exposure to indoor radon, even at low …

Lung cancer mortality attributable to residential radon: a systematic sco** review

L Martin-Gisbert, A Ruano-Ravina… - Journal of Exposure …, 2023 - nature.com
After smoking, residential radon is the second risk factor of lung cancer in general
population and the first in never-smokers. Previous studies have analyzed radon attributable …

Global estimate of lung cancer mortality attributable to residential radon

J Gaskin, D Coyle, J Whyte… - Environmental health …, 2018 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Radon is the second most important cause of lung cancer, ranked by the World
Health Organization as the fifth leading cause of mortality in 2010. An updated database of …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial modeling of geogenic indoor radon distribution in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea using enhanced machine learning algorithms

F Rezaie, M Panahi, SM Bateni, S Kim, J Lee… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prolonged inhalation of indoor radon and its progenies lead to severe health problems for
housing occupants; therefore, housing developments in radon-prone areas are of great …

Estimation of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon exposure in upper northern Thailand

K Somsunun, T Prapamontol, C Pothirat… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer, after smoking. In upper
northern Thailand (UNT), lung cancer incidence was frequently reported by Thailand …

Lung cancer: a brief review of epidemiology and screening

C Gouvinhas, RA De Mello, D Oliveira… - Future …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The global burden of lung cancer has been increasing over the past years, and is still a
major threat to public health worldwide, leading to disabilities and premature mortality …

Quantitative health risk assessment of indoor radon: a systematic review

R Ajrouche, G Ielsch, E Cléro, C Roudier… - Radiation Protection …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Exposure to radon is a well-established cause of lung cancer in the general population. The
aim of the present work is to identify and summarize the results of studies that have …

Quantitative health impact of indoor radon in France

R Ajrouche, C Roudier, E Cléro, G Ielsch, D Gay… - Radiation and …, 2018 - Springer
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. Since the previous
quantitative risk assessment of indoor radon conducted in France, input data have changed …

Geographical correlations between indoor radon concentration and risks of lung cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and leukemia during 1999–2008 in Korea

M Ha, S Hwang, S Kang, NW Park, BU Chang… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Indoor radon is the second most important risk factor for lung cancer and may also be a risk
factor for hematopoietic cancers, particularly in children and adolescents. The present study …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor radon and lung cancer: estimation of attributable risk, disease burden, and effects of mitigation

SH Kim, SB Koh, CM Lee, C Kim… - Yonsei medical journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Exposure to indoor radon is associated with lung cancer. This study aimed to
estimate the number of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon exposure, its burden …