Journal article
Does exposure to residential radon increase the risk of lung cancer?
Radiation protection dosimetry, Vol.95(1), pp.75-81
2001
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006528
PMID: 11468811
Abstract
In assessing the risks of exposure to ionising radiation, it is important to neither overstate nor understate the effects of the hazard. These requirements are often difficult to satisfy, especially since much of our knowledge about the effects of low levels of radiation is subject to rather large uncertainties. Our participants have given their opinions about the risk of lung cancer induction resulting from exposure to radon in residences. Each agrees that exposures to high concentrations of radon are hazardous. However, as with low level exposures to other types of ionising radiation, quantifying relatively small risks is quite difficult. The national and international standards setting bodies have recommended a fairly conservative approach that may overestimate the 'true' magnitude of deleterious effects and their dependence upon exposure, but this is to be expected given the uncertainties in the data and the need to avoid underestimates. A conservative approach can have both positive and negative consequences, and it is also important to neither overstate nor understate these consequences.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Does exposure to residential radon increase the risk of lung cancer?
- Creators
- R W Field - University of IowaK Becker
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiation protection dosimetry, Vol.95(1), pp.75-81
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006528
- PMID
- 11468811
- ISSN
- 0144-8420
- eISSN
- 1742-3406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984364444202771
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