Lung cancer as adverse health effect by indoor radon exposure in China from 2000 to 2020: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Indoor radon exposure is thought to be associated with adverse health effect as lung cancer. Lung cancer incidences in China have been the highest worldwide during the past two decades. It is important to quantitively address indoor radon exposure and its health effect, especially in countries like...

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Published inIndoor air Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. e13154 - n/a
Main Authors Su, Chunxiao, Pan, Minyi, Liu, Ningrui, Zhang, Yinping, Kan, Haidong, Zhao, Zhuohui, Deng, Furong, Zhao, Bin, Qian, Hua, Zeng, Xiangang, Sun, Yuexia, Liu, Wei, Mo, Jinhan, Guo, Jianguo, Zheng, Xiaohong, Sun, Chanjuan, Zou, Zhijun, Li, Hao, Huang, Chen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Hindawi Limited 01.11.2022
Subjects
Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
China
China - epidemiology
Exposure
health effect
Health risks
Humans
Indoor environments
indoor radon exposure
Lung cancer
Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms - etiology
Meta-analysis
Radon
Radon - adverse effects
Radon - analysis
relative risk
Risk Factors
Subgroups
Systematic review
China
lung cancer
health effect
China
indoor radon exposure
relative risk
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Summary:Indoor radon exposure is thought to be associated with adverse health effect as lung cancer. Lung cancer incidences in China have been the highest worldwide during the past two decades. It is important to quantitively address indoor radon exposure and its health effect, especially in countries like China. In this paper, we have conducted a meta‐analysis based on indoor radon and its health effect studies from a systematic review between 2000 and 2020. A total of 8 studies were included for lung cancer. We found that the relative risk (RR) was 1.01 (95% CI: 1.01–1.02) per 10 Bq/m3 increase of indoor radon for lung cancer in China. The subgroup analysis found no significant difference between the conclusions from the studies from China and other regions. The health effect of indoor radon exposure is relatively consistent for the low‐exposure and high‐exposure groups in the subgroup analysis. With a better understanding of exposure level of indoor radon, the outcomes and conclusions of this study will provide supports for next phase of researches on estimation of environmental burden of disease by indoor radon exposures in countries like China.
ISSN:0905-6947
1600-0668
DOI:10.1111/ina.13154