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. 2013 Sep 12;33(5):881–899. doi: 10.1002/sim.5963

Table III.

Overall cumulative hazard ratio (with 95%CI) of lung cancer mortality associated with alternative scenarios of exposure histories to radon, as predicted from models 1, 4, 5, and 8, described in Table II

Model 1 Model 4 Model 5 Model 8




Exposure scenario x · c x · w(x,) f(x) · c f · w(x,)
20 WLM/year in the last 10 years 1.05 (1.04–1.06) 1.04 (1.03–1.05) 1.33 (1.22–1.46) 1.52 (1.31–1.76)
100 WLM/year in the last 10 years 1.27 (1.22–1.33) 1.20 (1.13–1.27) 1.96 (1.73–2.22) 2.37 (1.87–2.99)
20 WLM/year in the last 20 years 1.11 (1.09–1.14) 1.11 (1.09–1.14) 1.92 (1.56–2.35) 3.12 (2.29–4.24)
20 WLM/year 10–19 years ago 1.06 (1.05–1.07) 1.07 (1.06–1.09) 1.43 (1.28–1.61) 2.05 (1.70–2.48)
20 WLM/year 30–39 years ago 1.06 (1.05–1.07) 1.05 (1.00–1.11) 1.43 (1.28–1.61) 1.04 (0.64–1.70)

WLM, working-level months.