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ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2021

Indoor radon exposure and excess of lung cancer mortality: the case of Mexico-an ecological study.

G Ponciano-Rodríguez, M I Gaso, M A Armienta, C Trueta, I Morales, R Alfaro, N Segovia

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Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Radon exposure: a major cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023
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  4. Radiation Protection of Polydatin Against Radon Exposure Injury of Epithelial Cells and Mice.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

G Ponciano-RodríguezDepartamento de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. ponciano@unam.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3259-4291
M I GasoININ, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, 52750, Ocoyoacac, Edo. México, Mexico.
M A ArmientaIGFUNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
C TruetaInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
I MoralesIGFUNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
R AlfaroInstituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico.
N SegoviaSNI, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Mexico, Mexico.
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares · MXInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz · MXSistema Nacional de Investigadores · MXUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radon is a radioactive gas that can migrate from soils and rocks and accumulate in indoor areas such as dwellings and buildings. Many studies have shown a strong association between the exposure to radon, and its decay products, and lung cancer (LC), particularly in miners. In Mexico, according to published surveys, there is evidence of radon exposure in large groups of the population, nevertheless, only few attention has been paid to its association as a risk factor for LC. The aim of this ecological study is to evaluate the excess risk of lung cancer mortality in Mexico due to indoor radon exposure. Mean radon levels per state of the Country were obtained from different publications and lung cancer mortality was obtained from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics for the period 2001-2013. A model proposed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection to estimate the annual excess risk of LC mortality (per 10

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Air Pollutants, RadioactiveAir Pollution, IndoorHumansLung NeoplasmsMexicoRisk AssessmentAir Pollutants, RadioactiveExcess mortalityIndoor radonLung cancer mortalityLung cancer riskMexicoRadon exposure

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PMID32839955
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