Contribution of environmental factors to cancer risk

P Boffetta, F Nyberg - British medical bulletin, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Environmental carcinogens, in a strict sense, include outdoor and indoor air pollutants, as
well as soil and drinking water contaminants. An increased risk of mesothelioma has …

Human health impacts of residential radon exposure: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies

LTN Ngoc, D Park, YC Lee - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Residential radon and lung cancer—detailed results of a collaborative analysis of individual data on 7148 persons with lung cancer and 14 208 persons without lung …

S Darby, D Hill, H Deo, A Auvinen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2006 - JSTOR
Objectives Studies seeking direct estimates of the lung cancer risk associated with
residential radon exposure lasting several decades have been conducted in many …

Epidemiology of environmental and occupational cancer

P Boffetta - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
Environmental carcinogens, in a strict sense, include outdoor and indoor air pollutants, as
well as soil and drinking water contaminants. An increased risk of mesothelioma has …

Residential radon and histological types of lung cancer: a meta-analysis of case‒control studies

C Li, C Wang, J Yu, Y Fan, D Liu, W Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological studies on residential radon exposure and the risk of histological types of
lung cancer have yielded inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis on this topic …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Meta-analysis of residential exposure to radon gas and lung cancer

M Pavia, A Bianco, C Pileggi… - Bulletin of the World …, 2003 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relation between residential exposure to radon and lung
cancer. METHODS: A literature search was performed using Medline and other sources. The …

Radon concentration in groundwater, its relation with geological structure and some physicochemical parameters of Zarand in Iran

M Rahimi, AAM Abadi, LJ Koopaei - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present investigation, the groundwater in Zarand region was analyzed to determine
radon gas concentration and its relationship with geological structure and physicochemical …

[PDF][PDF] Residential radon and lung cancer risk: an updated meta-analysis of case-control studies

ZL Zhang, J Sun, JY Dong, HL Tian, L Xue… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Background: Numbers of epidemiological studies assessing residential radon exposure and
risk of lung cancer have yielded inconsistent results. Methods: We therefore performed a …

Meta-analysis of thirty-two case–control and two ecological radon studies of lung cancer

L Dobrzyński, KW Fornalski… - Journal of radiation …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
A re-analysis has been carried out of thirty-two case–control and two ecological studies
concerning the influence of radon, a radioactive gas, on the risk of lung cancer. Three …