Parker L, Craft A W
Eur J Cancer. 1996 Feb;32A(2):201-4. doi: 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00021-4.
The effective radiation doses received by children living in high radon areas are similar to those which have been associated with an excess risk of malignant disease elsewhere. However, the only cancer known to be associated with radon is lung cancer--a disease which is not a condition of childhood. Thorne and his colleagues have conducted a study which could have demonstrated an excess of childhood malignancy only if the risk associated with radon was very high. The risk to health of high levels of radon in the environment remains uncertain. The United Kingdom Case Control Study of Childhood Cancers, under the chairmanship of Sir Richard Doll, is assessing risk from many factors including measured radon exposure and it is with great interest that we await the results.
生活在高氡地区的儿童所接受的有效辐射剂量，与在其他地方已被证实会增加患恶性疾病风险的辐射剂量相似。然而，已知与氡有关的唯一癌症是肺癌——这并非一种儿童疾病。索恩及其同事开展了一项研究，只有在与氡相关的风险非常高的情况下，该研究才可能证明儿童恶性肿瘤发病率过高。环境中高浓度氡对健康的风险仍然不确定。由理查德·多尔爵士主持的英国儿童癌症病例对照研究，正在评估包括测量的氡暴露在内的多种因素带来的风险，我们怀着极大的兴趣等待研究结果。
