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Residential Radon and Risk of Lung Cancer in Eastern Germany

Michaela Kreuzer, Joachim Heinrich, G. Wölke, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Michael Gerken, Juergen Wellmann, G. Keller, Lothar Kreienbrock, H‐Erich Wichmann

Epidemiology · 2003 · 61 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Our data indicate a small increase in lung cancer risk as a result of residential radon that is consistent with the findings of previous indoor radon and miner studies.

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