Document ID (ISN) | 19883 |
CIS number |
72-2326 |
Year |
1972 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Ševc J., Plaček V., Jeřábek J. |
Title |
Lung cancer risk in relation to long-term radiation exposure in uranium mines |
Bibliographic information |
Purkyně Medical Research and Postgraduate Institute Press, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia, 1971, p.315-326. Illus. 11 ref. |
Abstract |
Paper read at the 4th Conference of Radiation Hygiene at Jasná pod Chopkom, Czechoslovakia, 1971. Initial results of an epidemiological study on 4364 uranium-mine workers show a linear relationship between the relative incidence of new cases of lung cancer and cumulative exposure to radon daughter products, and a significant relationship between this incidence and age at first exposure. It is considered that 10-years exposure to a mean radon daughter product concentration of 4x104MeV/L may produce a maximum of 5 new cases of cancer per 1000 workers. |
Descriptors (primary) |
radon daughters; radiation cancer; uranium mining; radioactive substances; lung cancer |
Descriptors (secondary) |
radon; uranium; cumulative properties; dose-response relationship; statistical evaluation; epidemiologic study |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Subject(s) |
Radiation
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Mining and quarrying Inorganic substances Radon
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