A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON INDOOR RADON LEVELS BETWEEN THE LUNG CANCER AND CANCER FREE GROUPS IN IZMIR PROVINCE, TURKEY

Ozbay T., KARADENİZ Ö., Cilengiroglu O. V., Durak H., Eser S.

JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.5, sa.3, ss.16-22, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.30621/jbachs.873114
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BASIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.16-22
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Lung cancer, Izmir, indoor radon, passsive track detectors, RESIDENTIAL RADON, RISK
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: Izmir is the province of Turkey with the highest lung cancer incidences for males, therefore a comparative study was performed in particular districts of Izmir in 2013. In the study, it was aimed to assess the association between lung cancer risk and indoor radon.