Abstract

This project will assess whether exposure to indoor radon concentrations pose a demonstrable health risk; whether lung cancer risk due to radon exposure is similar in males and females; and whether exposure to tobacco smoke or to other contaminants of indoor air influence lung cancer risk due to radon.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Division of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics (NCI)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01CP050509-005
Application #
2726217
Study Section
Project Start
1995-02-28
Project End
1999-02-27
Budget Start
1998-02-28
Budget End
1999-02-27
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
China's Ministry of Public Health
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Beijing
State
Country
China
Zip Code

  Publications

Brenner, Alina V; Wang, Zuo-yuan; Kleinerman, Ruth A et al. (2004) [Influence of menstrual and reproductive factors on the risk of lung cancer] Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 25:590-3
Brenner, Alina V; Wang, Zuoyuan; Kleinerman, Ruth A et al. (2003) Menstrual and reproductive factors and risk of lung cancer among Chinese women, Eastern Gansu Province, 1994-1998. J Epidemiol 13:22-8
Kleinerman, Ruth A; Wang, Zuoyuan; Wang, Longde et al. (2002) Lung cancer and indoor exposure to coal and biomass in rural China. J Occup Environ Med 44:338-44
Metayer, Catherine; Wang, Zuoyuan; Kleinerman, Ruth A et al. (2002) Cooking oil fumes and risk of lung cancer in women in rural Gansu, China. Lung Cancer 35:111-7
Brenner, A V; Wang, Z; Kleinerman, R A et al. (2001) Previous pulmonary diseases and risk of lung cancer in Gansu Province, China. Int J Epidemiol 30:118-24