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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-9-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
A cohort study of 8,487 workers employed between 1948 and 1980 at a uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Canada, has been conducted. A total of 65 lung cancer deaths was observed (34.24 expected, P less than 10(-5)). There was a highly significant linear relationship between dose and increased risk of lung cancer giving estimates for the relative and attributable risk coefficients of 3.28% per working level month (WLM) and 20.8 per WLM per 10(6) person-years. Age at first exposure had a significant modifying effect on risk. The interaction of exposure with age at observation fits a relative risk model well. The similarity of these results to a recent study of Swedish iron miners with similar levels of relatively low exposure suggests that exposure to radon daughter products may be a major contributory factor to lung cancer occurring among nonsmokers in the general population. The results also reinforce concerns as to the appropriateness of present occupational exposure standards.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Aug
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pubmed:issn |
0027-8874
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
77
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
357-62
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Lung Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Mining,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Radon,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Risk,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Saskatchewan,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Time Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:3461198-Uranium
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pubmed:year |
1986
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Lung cancer mortality (1950-80) in relation to radon daughter exposure in a cohort of workers at the Eldorado Beaverlodge uranium mine.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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