ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017
Geographical Correlations between Indoor Radon Concentration and Risks of Lung Cancer, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and Leukemia during 1999-2008 in Korea.
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- County-level radon exposure and all-cause mortality risk among Medicare beneficiaries.Environment international · 2019Article
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- The Disease Burden of Lung Cancer Attributable to Residential Radon Exposure in Korean Homes.Journal of Korean medical science · 2018Article
- The Radon Gas in Underground Buildings in Clay Soils. The Plaza Balmis Shelter as a Paradigm.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Environmental radon, fracking wells, and lymphoma in dogs.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
Indoor radon is the second most important risk factor for lung cancer and may also be a risk factor for hematopoietic cancers, particularly in children and adolescents. The present study measured indoor radon concentration nationwide at 5553 points during 1989-2009 and spatially interpolated using lognormal kriging. The incidences of lung cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and leukemia, stratified by sex and five-year age groups in each of the 234 administrative regions in the country during 1999-2008, were obtained from the National Cancer Registry and used to calculate the standardized incidence ratios. After considering regional deprivation index values and smoking rates by sex in each region as confounding variables, the cancer risks were estimated based on Bayesian hierarchical modeling. We found that a 10 Bq/m³ increase in indoor radon concentration was associated with a 1% increase in the incidence of lung cancer in male and a 7% increase in NHL in female children and adolescents in Korea aged less than 20 years. Leukemia was not associated with indoor radon concentration. The increase in NHL risk among young women requires confirmation in future studies, and the radon control program should consider children and adolescents.
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