Residential Radon and Lung Cancer Case-Control Study

Lynch, Charles F.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 3R01ES005653-02S1
• Application #: 3253933
• Study Section: Epidemiology and Disease Control Subcommittee 2 (EDC)
• Project Start: 1992-09-30
• Project End: 1997-09-29
• Budget Start: 1993-01-30
• Budget End: 1994-09-29
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1994

Institution

• Name: University of Iowa
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 041294109
• City: Iowa City
• State: IA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 52242

Publications

Barros, Nirmalla; Field, Dan W; Steck, Daniel J et al. (2015) Comparative survey of outdoor, residential and workplace radon concentrations. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 163:325-32

Barros, Nirmalla G; Steck, Daniel J; Field, R William (2014) A comparison of winter short-term and annual average radon measurements in basements of a radon-prone region and evaluation of further radon testing indicators. Health Phys 106:535-44

Sun, Kainan; Field, R William; Steck, Daniel J (2010) Room model based Monte Carlo simulation study of the relationship between the airborne dose rate and the surface-deposited radon progeny. Health Phys 98:29-36

Sun, Kainan; Steck, Daniel J; Field, R William (2009) Field investigation of surface-deposited radon progeny as a possible predictor of the airborne radon progeny dose rate. Health Phys 97:132-44

Smith, Brian J; Zhang, Lixun; Field, R William (2007) Iowa radon leukaemia study: a hierarchical population risk model for spatially correlated exposure measured with error. Stat Med 26:4619-42

Zhang, Zugui; Smith, Brian; Steck, Daniel J et al. (2007) Variation in yearly residential radon concentrations in the upper midwest. Health Phys 93:288-97

Field, R William; Krewski, Daniel; Lubin, Jay H et al. (2006) An overview of the North American residential radon and lung cancer case-control studies. J Toxicol Environ Health A 69:599-631

Neuberger, John S; Mahnken, Jonathan D; Mayo, Matthew S et al. (2006) Risk factors for lung cancer in Iowa women: implications for prevention. Cancer Detect Prev 30:158-67

Krewski, Daniel; Lubin, Jay H; Zielinski, Jan M et al. (2006) A combined analysis of North American case-control studies of residential radon and lung cancer. J Toxicol Environ Health A 69:533-97

Field, R W; Smith, B J; Platz, C E et al. (2004) Lung cancer histologic type in the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry versus independent review. J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1105-7