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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 152, No. 9 : 895-896
Copyright © 2000 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "RESIDENTIAL RADON GAS EXPOSURE AND LUNG CANCER: THE IOWA RADON LUNG CANCER STUDY"

Michael C. R. Alavanja, Jay H. Lubin, Judith A. Mahaffey and Ross C. Brownson

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Rockville, MD 20892
Batelle Memorial Institute Richland, WA 99352
Department of Community Medicine School of Public Health St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108

In their study of residential radon gas and lung cancer risk in Iowa, Field et al. (1Go) reported a substantially higher excess relative risk of lung cancer at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action level (4 pCi/liter (148 Bq/m3)) than was previously reported by Lubin and Boice (2Go) in a combined analysis of eight case-control studies. Using categorical analysis, Field et al. (1Go) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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R. William Field, Charles F. Lynch and Daniel J. Steck

Department of Epidemiology College of Public Health University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 (bill-field@uiowa.edu)
Physics Department St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321


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