Lung Cancer and Radon: Pooled Analysis of Uranium Miners Hired in 1960 or Later.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite reductions in exposure for workers and the general public, radon remains a leading cause of lung cancer. Prior studies of underground miners depended heavily upon information on deaths among miners employed in the early years of mine operations when exposures were high and tended to be poorly estimated.

Objectives

To strengthen the basis for radiation protection, we report on the follow-up of workers employed in the later periods of mine operations for whom we have more accurate exposure information and for whom exposures tended to be accrued at intensities that are more comparable to contemporary settings.

Methods

We conducted a pooled analysis of cohort studies of lung cancer mortality among 57,873 male uranium miners in Canada, Czech Republic, Fr

SUBMITTER: Richardson DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9126132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature