Background: Radon is carcinogenic, and exposure to radon has been shown to increase the
risk of lung cancer. The objective of this study was to quantify the proportion and number of …

Radon is widely recognized as a human carcinogen and findings from epidemiologic
studies support a causal association between residential radon exposure and lung cancer …

Background: Case–control studies conducted in North America, Europe, and Asia provided
evidence of increased lung cancer risk due to radon in homes. Here, the association …

Residential exposure to radon gas is associated with increased risk of lung cancer,
especially in smokers. Most evidence about the health effects of radon has been derived …

Purpose To calculate the burden of lung cancer illness due to radon for all thirty-six health
units in Ontario and determine the number of radon-attributable lung cancer deaths that …

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 …

Although radon gas is a known cause of lung cancer, the association between residential
radon and mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease has not been well characterised …

Exposure to indoor radon has been determined to be the second leading cause of lung
cancer after tobacco smoking. Canadian population risk of radon induced lung cancer was …

In the general population, evaluation of lung cancer risk from radon in houses is hampered
by low levels of exposure and by dosimetric uncertainties due to residential mobility. To …

OBJECTIVE: Radon is an important risk factor for lung cancer. Here we use maps of the
geographic variation in radon to estimate the lung cancer risk associated with living in high …