{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["113(9)"],"submitter":["Kreuzer M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<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 was 0.013 (95% confidence intervals: 0.007; 0.021).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The present findings provide strong evidence for an increased lung cancer risk after long-term exposure to low radon exposure rates among Wismut miners. The results are compatible to those from residential radon studies and miner studies restricted to low levels."],"journal":["British journal of cancer"],"pagination":["1367-9"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4815799"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Lung cancer risk at low radon exposure rates in German uranium miners."],"pmcid":["PMC4815799"],"pubmed_authors":["Schnelzer M","Kreuzer M","Walsh L","Fenske N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Lung cancer risk at low radon exposure rates in German uranium miners.","description":"<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 was 0.013 (95% confidence intervals: 0.007; 0.021).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The present findings provide strong evidence for an increased lung cancer risk after long-term exposure to low radon exposure rates among Wismut miners. The results are compatible to those from residential radon studies and miner studies restricted to low levels.","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015 Nov","modification":"2025-04-04T20:13:14.338Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:10:48Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4815799","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26393888"],"doi":["10.1038/bjc.2015.324"]}}