Residential Radon Exposure and Lung Cancer in Sweden

• Published in: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Vol. 330; no. 3; pp. 159 - 164
• Main Authors: Pershagen, Goran, Akerblom, Gustav, Axelson, Olav, Clavensjo, Bertil, Damber, Lena, Desai, Gunilla, Enflo, Anita, Lagarde, Frederic, Mellander, Hans, Svartengren, Magnus, Swedjemark, Gun Astri
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 20.01.1994
• Subjects: 550900 - Pathology; 560151 - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; Adult; ADULTS; Age; AGE GROUPS; Aged; AGED ADULTS; Air Pollutants, Radioactive - adverse effects; Air Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; AIR POLLUTION; Air Pollution, Indoor - adverse effects; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biological and medical sciences; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; BUILDINGS; Case-Control Studies; Confidence Intervals; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASES; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental health; Epidemiology; Female; FLUIDS; GASES; Health risk assessment; HOUSES; HUMAN POPULATIONS; Humans; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; Ionizing radiation; Laboratory animals; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - epidemiology; Lung Neoplasms - etiology; LUNGS; Male; MATHEMATICS; Medical sciences; Mens health; Middle Aged; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - etiology; NONMETALS; ORGANS; Pneumology; POLLUTION; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT; RADON; Radon - adverse effects; Radon - analysis; RARE GASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; Risk Factors; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; STATISTICS; Sweden - epidemiology; Tumors; Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum; Uranium; Womens health; Sweden; Europe; Human; Residential zone; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Radon; Lung; Exposure; Malignant tumor
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199401203300302

Radon-222 in dwellings is the dominant source of exposure to ionizing radiation in most countries 1 . Nationwide measurement programs suggest that the average radon concentration in Sweden is about 2.7 pCi per liter (100 Bq per cubic meter), a level that appears higher than those in many other count...