"Radon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A naturally radioactive element with atomic symbol Rn, and atomic number 86. It is a member of the noble gas family found in soil, and is released during the decay of RADIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D011886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.800 D01.268.613.700 D01.362.641.745 D01.496.749.305.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radon" by people in Profiles.
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On the informative value of community-based indoor radon values in relation to lung cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Aug; 13(16):e70126.
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Effect of radon exposure on asthma morbidity in the School Inner-City Asthma study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Jul; 58(7):2042-2049.
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Environmental radon and childhood asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 12; 57(12):3165-3168.
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Genetic modifiers of radon-induced lung cancer risk: a genome-wide interaction study in former uranium miners. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2018 Nov; 91(8):937-950.
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Residential Radon Exposure and Incidence of Childhood Lymphoma in Texas, 1995-2011. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Sep 25; 12(10):12110-26.
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Residential radon and birth defects: A population-based assessment. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Jan; 106(1):5-15.
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Genetic variation in SIRT1 affects susceptibility of lung squamous cell carcinomas in former uranium miners from the Colorado plateau. Carcinogenesis. 2013 May; 34(5):1044-50.
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Lung cancer epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention. Radiol Clin North Am. 2012 Sep; 50(5):863-76.
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Racial disparities in pancreatic cancer and radon exposure: a correlation study. Pancreas. 2009 May; 38(4):391-5.
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CGH analysis of radon-induced rat lung tumors indicates similarities with human lung cancers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2000 Sep; 29(1):1-8.