Lung cancer mortality attributable to residential radon exposure in Spain and its regions.
Attributable mortality
Indoor radon
Lung neoplasms
Spain
Journal
Environmental research
ISSN: 1096-0953
Titre abrégé: Environ Res
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0147621
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
11
03
2021
revised:
18
05
2021
accepted:
19
05
2021
pubmed:
30
5
2021
medline:
2
7
2021
entrez:
29
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lung cancer has the highest cancer mortality rate in developed countries. The principal risk factor for lung cancer is tobacco use, with residential radon being the leading risk factor among never smokers and the second among ever smokers. We sought to estimate mortality attributable to residential radon exposure in Spain and its Autonomous Regions, with correction for dwelling height and differentiation by tobacco use. We applied a prevalence-based method for estimating attributable mortality. For estimations, we considered exposure to radon in the different Autonomous Regions corrected for dwelling height, using the National Statistics Institute Housing Census and prevalence of tobacco use (never smokers, smokers and ex-smokers). The results showed that 3.8% (838 deaths) of lung cancer mortality was attributable to radon exposure of over 100 Bq/m
Identifiants
pubmed: 34051201
pii: S0013-9351(21)00666-6
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111372
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Radon
Q74S4N8N1G
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111372Informations de copyright
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