Re: English Radon Study

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	This study gave no evidence for increased risk below 150 Bq/m3
(4.0 pCi/L). In fact the best fit in this region is to a negative slope.

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Joyce Davis wrote:

> The June Issue of Nuclear News (pg 18) has an item
> reporting  as follows:  
> An increased risk of lung cancer from Radon in the home
> appears to be confirmed by a large epidemiological
> case-study of people living in southwest England....  The
> latest study reported in the June issue of the British Journal
> of Cancer  was undertaken by the Imperial Cancer Research
> Fund ....   The study concludes that the estimated relative
> risk associated with a 100 Bq m(-3) increase in residential
> radon concentration is 0.08  (with a 95 percent confidence
> interval of -0.03 to 0.2).
> 
> Can anyone supply more information about this study ?  Did
> it account for smoking habits ?  
> 
> J. P. Davis
> joyced@dnfsb.gov
>