Background Smoking is a known lung cancer cause, but no detailed quantitative systematic
review exists. We summarize evidence for various indices. Methods Papers published …

Several factors alter an individual's risk for an environmentally related illness. A major
determinant is the age of the individual. The toxicodynamic processes that determine …

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 …

The leading comprehensive reference on thoracic surgery is now in its Sixth Edition.
Coverage of surgical oncology has been expanded. This edition also features state-of-the …

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 …

Background: Studies of underground miners exposed to radioactive radon and its decay
products have found that exposure increases risk of lung cancer. Consequently, when radon …

Radon progenyâ€" the decay products of radon gasâ€" are a well-recognized cause of lung
cancer in miners working underground. When radon was found to be a ubiquitous indoor air …

Studies of radon‐exposed underground miners predict that residential radon is the second
leading cause of lung cancer mortality; however, case‐control studies of residential radon …

Background Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death
in China. Along with socioeconomic development, environmental problems have intensified …