The Risks of Exposure to Indoor Radon

Latest Epidemiological Research

 

Iowa Residential Radon Lung Cancer Study

American Journal of Epidemiology, 151(11): 1091-1102, (2000)  

“UI Study Finds Residential Radon Exposure Poses a Significant Lung Cancer Risk”

http://www.cheec.uiowa.edu/misc/radon.html

 

Radiation Risk To Low Fluences of Alpha Particles May Be Greater Than We Thought

Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University August 18, 2001

(Link to PDF Risk of Low Alpha –Hei 2002)

 

Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer: Variation in Risk Estimates Using Alternative Exposure Scenarios

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 12, 197-203 (2002)

(Link to PDF “2002 Iowa U Follow-up Study)

 

A Review of Residential Radon Case-Control Epidemiologic Studies Performed in the United States

College of Public Health, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (2001)

(Link to PDF Review of Epidemiologic Studies 2001)

 

Induction of a Bystander Mutagenic Effect of Alpha Particles in Mammalian Cells

Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University October 1, 1999

(Link to PDF Bystander Mutagenic Effect)

 

1998 National Academy of Sciences- Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) VI Report: “The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon”

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/beirvi1.html

 

Doses to Organs and Tissues From Radon and its Decay Products

UK National Radiological Protection Board, Published in Journal of Radiological Protection (2002)

(Link to PDF Radon Doses to Organs & Tissues 2002)

 

Topics Under Debate: Does Exposure to Residential Radon Increase the Risk of Lung Cancer?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 95, No. 1, pg. 75-81 (2001)

(Link to PDF Topics Under Debate 2001)

 

ATSDR Radon Toxicity -Case Studies in Environmental Medicine Course

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Division of Health Education & Promotion, June 2000

(Link to PDF)

 

Targeted Cytoplasmic Irradiation With Alpha particles Induces Mutations in Mammalian Cells

Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University January 21, 1999

(Link to PDF)

 

National Radon Results: 1985-1999

Gregory, Jalbert, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2002)

(Link to PDF)

 

Mutagenic Effects of a Single and an Exact Number of Alpha Particles in Mammalian Cells

Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University February3, 1997

(Link to PDF)

 

Biologic damage resulting from exposure to tobacco smoke and from radon: implication for preventive interventions

Michael CR Alavanja - Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd., Room 8000 Rockville, Maryland, MD 20892, USA

(Link to PDF)

 

Exposure to Residential Radon and Lung Cancer in Spain:

A Population-based Case-Control Study Juan Miguel Barros-Dios, Marνa Amparo Barreiro, Alberto Ruano-Ravina, and Adolfo Figueiras (May 2002)

(Link to PDF)

 

Radon Occurrence and Health Risk Frequently Asked Questions by R. William Field, PHD (June 1999) http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/preventivemedicine/Radon/HealthRisk.html

 

 

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