Radon exposure and oropharyngeal cancer risk. Issue 1 (1st December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salgado-Espinosa, Tania; Barros-Dios, Juan Miguel; Ruano-Ravina, Alberto
• Is Part Of: Cancer letters. Volume 369:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 45
• Page End: 49
• Publication Date: 2015-12-01
• Subjects: Cancer -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 616.994
• DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.08.025
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0304-3835

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab0010"> <title id="st0010">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010"> <list id="ulist0010"> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0010">Radon exposure might be linked with oral and pharyngeal cancers.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0015">The available literature does not show an association between radon exposure and these tumours.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0020">This association does not appear to exist neither for miners nor for general population.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0025">No study has been found analysing directly this association. Such studies are encouraged.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>