ArticleScientific reports2017
Residential radon exposure and brain cancer: an ecological study in a radon prone area (Galicia, Spain).
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- An overview on the relationship between residential radon and lung cancer: what we know and future research.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023Review
- Cancer InFocus: Tools for Cancer Center Catchment Area Geographic Data Collection and Visualization.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2023Article
- Experimental Setups for In Vitro Studies on Radon Exposure in Mammalian Cells-A Critical Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Indoor Radon Concentration Levels in Healthcare Settings: The Results of an Environmental Monitoring in a Large Italian University Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Impact of Environmental Radiation on the Incidence of Cancer and Birth Defects in Regions with High Natural Radioactivity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Brain cancer incidence rates and the presence of nuclear reactors in US states: a hypothesis-generating study.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
- Residential Radon in Manizales, Colombia: Results of a Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Radon Exposure-Therapeutic Effect and Cancer Risk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Incidence of brain and spinal cord cancer and county-level radon levels in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Iowa, USA.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2020Article
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Abstract
We aimed to know if radon concentration is associated with municipal mortality due to brain cancer in Galicia, Spain. We designed an ecological study taking as study unit Galician municipalities. To be included, municipalities had to have at least three radon measurements. We correlated radon concentrations with municipal mortality due to these malignant tumors during the period 1999-2008. We calculated the relative risk of dying of brain cancers for each municipality and correlated this value with municipal radon concentration using Spearman's Rho. 251 municipalities were included, with close to 3,500 radon measurements and an average of 14 radon measurements at each municipality. We observed a significant correlation between residential radon with brain cancer mortality for males and females and the intensity of the correlation was higher for females. These results were reinforced when the analysis was restricted to municipalities with more than 5 radon measurements: Spearman's Rho 0.286 (p-value < 0.001) and Spearman's Rho 0.509 (p-value < 0.001) for males and females, respectively. These results suggest an association between residential radon and brain cancer mortality. More research using more robust epidemiological designs is needed to confirm these findings.
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