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Jacobi, W.

Possible lung cancer risk from indoor exposure to radon daughters.

Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 7, 395-401 (1984)

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Direct epidemiological studies about the lung cancer risk associated with indoor exposure to radon daughters are so far not available. In this paper different types of indirect risk approaches are outlined which proceed from the observed excess of lung cancer among Rn exposed miners, the atomic bomb survivors and among X ray treated ankylosing spondylitis patients. In addition to the absolute risk concept a modified relative risk concept is used to estimate the possible lifetime risk from indoor exposure to radon daughters. Taking into account the influence of smoking, the risk factors derived as best estimates from the different approaches agree relatively well. For a typical reference population exposed to a mean indoor level of 15 Bq.m^-3 (EEC), it should be expected that probably about 5 percent of the observed lung cancer frequency might be associated with this radiation exposure. For the non-smoking part of this population this fraction is probably about 10 percent. However, the uncertainty range of these preliminary risk estimates is rather large. It remains questionable whether these uncertainties can be clarified by direct epidemiological studies.

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