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p53 Mutations in lung cancer associated with residential radon exposure.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 1999
Yngveson A, Williams C, Hjerpe A, Lundeberg J, Söderkvist P, Pershagen G
Abstract excerpt
Unusual mutation patterns in lung tumors among underground miners have been indicated, suggesting radon-specific alterations in the genome, but the data are not consistent. To investigate the association between residential radon exposure and p53 mutations in lung tumors, we performed a study on cases from a nation-wide population-based investigation in Sweden. Our study included 83 nonsmoking lung cancer cases...
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