Smoking and Hormesis as Confounding Factors in Radiation Pulmonary Carcinogenesis

• Autori principali: Charles L. Sanders (Autore), Bobby R. Scott (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: SAGE Publishing, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Confounding factors in radiation pulmonary carcinogenesis are passive and active cigarette smoke exposures and radiation hormesis. Significantly increased lung cancer risk from ionizing radiation at lung doses < 1 Gy is not observed in never smokers exposed to ionizing radiations. Residential rad...