Open AccessLung and extrathoracic cancer incidence among underground uranium miners exposed to radon progeny in the Příbram region of the Czech Republic: a case–cohort study
Author(s) -
Kaitlin KellyReif,
Dale P. Sandler,
David Shore,
Mary K. SchubauerBerigan,
Melissa A. Troester,
Leena A. NylanderFrench,
David B. Richardson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2021-107392
Subject(s) - lung cancer , medicine , radon , cancer , cohort , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , relative risk , confidence interval , physics , optics , quantum mechanics
Radon is carcinogenic, but more studies are needed to understand relationships with lung cancer and extrathoracic cancers at low exposures. There are few studies evaluating associations with cancer incidence or assessing the modifying effects of smoking.