Variations of Radon Risk with Changing Mortality Rates

摘要

This study examines the variation of radon risks with changing mortality rates. TheCanadian age-specific mortality rates averaged over five year periods from 1986 to 1990 and from1996 to 2000 were used in the risk calculations. Because of the synergistic interaction betweensmoking and radon, the risk of radon induced lung cancer for Canadian men decreased with thedeclining lung cancer mortality rates while for Canadian women the radon risks increased with therising lung cancer mortality rates