Document ID (ISN) | 29587 |
CIS number |
78-1116 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
Year |
1978 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Axelson O., Sundell L. |
Title |
Mining, lung cancer and smoking. |
Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1978, Vol.4, No.1, p.46-52. 20 ref. |
Abstract |
This update of an earlier study of zinc-lead miners showed a 16-fold increase in lung cancer mortality. Surprisingly, non-smokers were more apt to develop lung cancer than smokers, but the induction-latency time was about nine years shorter on the average for smokers. An explanation for these findings might be that smoking increases the thickness of the mucous layer and therefore protects the bronchial epithelium against alpha radiation from radon daughters, but it also promotes the development of cancer once induced by the radiation. |
Descriptors (primary) |
iron ore mining; mining industry; lung cancer; smoking |
Descriptors (secondary) |
ionizing radiation; Sweden; survey; mortality; radon daughters |
Document type |
- |
Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying Radon Smoking Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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