"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radon" by people in Profiles.
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Using radon risk to motivate smoking reduction II: randomized evaluation of brief telephone counseling and a targeted video. Health Educ Res. 2008 Apr; 23(2):191-201.
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hprt mutant frequencies, nonpulmonary malignancies, and domestic radon exposure: "postmortem" analysis of an interesting hypothesis. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2001; 37(1):7-16.
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Latency analysis in epidemiologic studies of occupational exposures: application to the Colorado Plateau uranium miners cohort. Am J Ind Med. 1999 Mar; 35(3):246-56.