Obiettivo While there is considerable information about radon-induced lung cancer risks from a range of epidemiological studies of underground miners, there are uncertainties about the assessment of risks arising from radon exposures in dwellings. The overall objectives of the project are to obtain direct information on the risk of lung cancer from indoor radon exposure by conducting epidemiological studies in several European countries, and to improve the quantification of these risks by performing a pooled analysis of these and other European studies. Three ongoing case-control studies will be completed. These are being performed in: (i) the Ardennes-Eifel region, where Belgian, French and German partners in collaboration with Luxembourg colleagues are collecting data for about 1200 lung cancer cases and 2400 controls; (ii) Southwest England, where data on nearly 1000 cases and over 3000 controls will be analysed; (iii) Brittany, Massif Central and Languedoc Rousillon in France, where ultimately about 600 cases and 1200 controls will be included. Radon measurements will also be made for subjects in recent case-control studies of lung cancer among never-smokers in Sweden. Together with data from earlier Swedish studies, a total of 480 never-smoking cases and 1900 controls will be obtained. These and other European studies will be included in a pooling exercise. Following the preparation of a protocol, the collaborators will transfer their data to a Secretariat which will be responsible for the organisation and execution of the pooled analysis; full involvement of the collaborators will be sought throughout the process. Although not yet finalised, the total number of lung cancer cases is likely to be of the order of 10,000. The pooled analysis should allow risks from indoor radon to be estimated more precisely and permit investigation of interactions with factors such as smoking. Programma(i) EAEC-NFS 2 - Specific research and training programme in the field of nuclear safety and safeguards, 1994-1998 Argomento(i) 040104 - Epidemiology and exposed populations Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore NATIONAL RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION BOARD Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo OX11 0RQ DIDCOT,HARWELL,CHILTON Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (5) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Centre d'Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato GENT UNIVERSITY Belgio Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 86,Proeftuinstraat 86 9000 GENT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato GSF-RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Ingolstaedter Landstrase 1 85764 OBERSCHLEISSHEIM Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Imperial Cancer Research Fund Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo The Radcliffe Infirmary, Gibson Building OX2 6HE Oxford Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE Svezia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Nobels Vaeg, 13 171 77 STOCKHOLM Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato