TY - JOUR
T1 - Lung cancer and housing characteristics
AU - Simpson, Sylvia G.
AU - Comstock, George W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported, in part, by Research Career Award HL 21670 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and by Research Grant CA 24758 from the National Cancer Institute. Submitted for publication September 17, 1982; revised; accepted for publication June 12, 1983. Requests for reprints should be sent to: Dr. Comstock, Training Center for Public Health Research, P.O. Box 2067, Hagerstown, MD 21740.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Lung cancer incidence in Washington County, Maryland, was determined for a 12-yr period and was correlated with personal and housing data from a nonofficial 1963 census. Because indoor radon measurements were not available, two housing characteristics reported to be related to indoor radon concentration—type of basement construction and type of building materials—were used as surrogate measures. An adjusted rate of lung cancer incidence was obtained for each characteristic. Only age, male sex, amount smoked, and standard of living were significantly associated with lung cancer. Rates were highest in houses which had concrete walls and no basements, although the differences were slight and could have occurred by chance.
AB - Lung cancer incidence in Washington County, Maryland, was determined for a 12-yr period and was correlated with personal and housing data from a nonofficial 1963 census. Because indoor radon measurements were not available, two housing characteristics reported to be related to indoor radon concentration—type of basement construction and type of building materials—were used as surrogate measures. An adjusted rate of lung cancer incidence was obtained for each characteristic. Only age, male sex, amount smoked, and standard of living were significantly associated with lung cancer. Rates were highest in houses which had concrete walls and no basements, although the differences were slight and could have occurred by chance.
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U2 - 10.1080/00039896.1983.10545811
DO - 10.1080/00039896.1983.10545811
M3 - Article
C2 - 6615007
AN - SCOPUS:0020589029
SN - 0003-9896
VL - 38
SP - 248
EP - 251
JO - Archives of Environmental Health
JF - Archives of Environmental Health
IS - 4
ER -