Documents Hoel, David G. 2 results

"Arsenic; Benzene; Chromium; Asbestos; Nickel; Human; Male; Female;Adolescence; Adult; Middle Age; Aged; Adverse Effects; Chemical Effects;Chemically Induced; Comparative Study; Environmental Exposure; Epidemiologic Methods; Etiology; Follow-Up Studies; Mortality; Neoplasms; Occupational Diseases; Risk; Statistics; Lung Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; Colonic Neoplasms; Mesothelioma; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms;Esophageal Neoplasms; Smoking; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Bladder Neoplasms;Gallbladder Neoplasms; Thyroid Neoplasms; Liver Neoplasms; Kidney Neoplasms;Skin Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Uterine Neoplasms; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms; Vaginal Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms;Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Leukemia; Polycyclic Hydrocarbons; Mouth Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Radiation"

"Ionizing radiation long has been recognized as a cause of cancer. Among environmental cancer risks, radiation is unique in the variety of organs and tissues that it can affect. Numerous epidemiological studies with good dosimetry provide the basis for cancer risk estimation, including quantitative information derived from observed dose-response relationships. The amount of cancer attributable to ionizing radiation is difficult to estimate, but numbers such as 1 to 3% have been suggested. Some radiation-induced cancers attributable to naturally occurring exposures, such as cosmic and terrestrial radiation, are not preventable. The major natural radiation exposure, radon, can often be reduced, especially in the home, but not entirely eliminated. Medical use of radiation constitutes the other main category of exposure; because of the importance of its benefits to one's health, the appropriate prevention strategy is to simply work to minimize exposures."