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Estimate of risk from environmental exposure to radon-222 and its decay products

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Consideration of the epidemiological evidence on radiogenic lung cancer in uranium miners and of the incidence of the disease generally leads to an upper estimate for the lifetime risk of 10−4 cases per working level month for members of the general population.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA

    R. D. Evans

  2. Environmental Measurements Laboratory, US Department of Energy, New York, New York, 10014, USA

    J. H. Harley

  3. Institut für Strahlenschutz, Gesellshaft für Strahlen–und Umweltforschung mbH, München, FRG

    W. Jacobi

  4. National Radiological Protection Board, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RQ, UK

    A. S. McLean

  5. Criteria and Standards Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, 20460, USA

    W. A. Mills

  6. Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, KOJ 1PO

    C. G. Stewart

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Evans, R., Harley, J., Jacobi, W. et al. Estimate of risk from environmental exposure to radon-222 and its decay products. Nature 290, 98–100 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/290098a0

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