Other NIEHS Radon studies (radon and larynx, gastric cancer, and leukemia)

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http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/fellows/epidemio.htm



The NIEHS radon study was motivated by widespread interest in the 

possibility that indoor radon exposure is a major cause of lung cancer in 

the US. The study, based in Utah and Connecticut, involves 1,474 lung cancer 

patients and 1,811 population controls for whom were obtained detailed 

exposure histories and measured radon levels in current and past homes. Data 

collection is complete, and evaluation of statistical methods for estimating 

lifetime exposure in the face of inevitable missing data (some past homes 

could not be measured) and identifying factors that predict radon levels in 

homes is underway.



Another study is of cancer incidence in a cohort of 18,000 Czech uranium 

miners who are exposed to radon. Preliminary results suggest increased risk 

for cancers in addition to lung cancer, including cancer of the larynx, 

gastric cancer, and leukemia.



http://www.dceg.cancer.gov/cgi-bin/pubSearch.pl?EntryLimit=0&branch=OEB



http://www.cheec.uiowa.edu/misc/rd_review.pdf



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