Risk of lung cancer associated with residential radon exposure in south-west England: a case-control study.

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Published in Br J Cancer on August 01, 1998

Authors

S Darby1, E Whitley, P Silcocks, B Thakrar, M Green, P Lomas, J Miles, G Reeves, T Fearn, R Doll

Author Affiliations

1: ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, UK.

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