PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Choi, Humberto
AU  - Mazzone, Peter
TI  - Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.14046
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 567--575
VI  - 81
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/9/567.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/9/567.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2014 Sep 01; 81
AB  - Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. Its progenies emit alpha particles capable of causing tissue damage. Radon exposure is estimated to be the second most common cause of lung cancer in the United States. Management of patients with a history of radon exposure should involve a lung cancer specialist.