Short telomere length as a biomarker risk of lung cancer development induced by high radon levels: A pilot study

• Main Authors: Narongchai Autsavapromporn, Pitchayaponne Klunklin, Chalat Threeratana, Wirote Tuntiwechapikul, Masahiro Hosoda, Shinji Tokonami
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Environmental Science; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85054104439&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62733
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Long-term exposure to radon has been determined to be the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking. However, an in-depth study of this topic has not been explicitly carried out in Chiang Mai (Thailand). This paper presents th...