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SUBMITTER: Kreuzer M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4815799 | biostudies-other | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
British journal of cancer 20150922 9
<h4>Background</h4>A determination of the risk of lung cancer at low levels of radon exposure is important for occupational radiation protection.<h4>Methods</h4>The risk of death from lung cancer at low radon exposure rates was investigated in the subcohort of 26,766 German uranium miners hired in 1960 or later.<h4>Results</h4>A clear association between lung cancer mortality (n=334 deaths) and cumulative exposure to radon in working level months (WLM) was found. The excess relative risk per WLM ...[more]