Attributable lung cancer risk from radon in homes may be low

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Jerome S Puskin et al. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1151.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1151-a.

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Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.
Darby S, Hill D, Auvinen A, Barros-Dios JM, Baysson H, Bochicchio F, Deo H, Falk R, Forastiere F, Hakama M, Heid I, Kreienbrock L, Kreuzer M, Lagarde F, Mäkeläinen I, Muirhead C, Oberaigner W, Pershagen G, Ruano-Ravina A, Ruosteenoja E, Rosario AS, Tirmarche M, Tomásek L, Whitley E, Wichmann HE, Doll R. Darby S, et al. BMJ. 2005 Jan 29;330(7485):223. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38308.477650.63. Epub 2004 Dec 21. BMJ. 2005. PMID: 15613366 Free PMC article.

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