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. 2021 Dec 16;18(24):13295. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413295
ANC The average annual number of all cancers in employees with pneumoconiosis
ANL The average annual number of LBC in employees with pneumoconiosis
ANP The average annual number of pneumoconiosis (1996–2016) in monitored regions
ARL The average annual risk of LBC from occupational exposures (expressed for whole population in the region)
AT Average lifetime
B[a]P Benzo[a]pyrene
cavg Average air pollution concentration
CF Conversion factor
CIR Crude incidence rate
CR Czech Republic
ED Exposure duration
IA Industrial area
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection
LBC Cancer of respiratory tract (trachea, bronchus, and lung cancer)
LC Lifetime average exposure concentration
LC Lifetime average exposure concentration of benzo[a]pyrene
LCR Lifetime cancer risk
LD Lifetime cumulative effective dose of radon
LR1 Lifetime risk of LBC from exposure to radon
LR2 Lifetime risk of LBC from exposures to benzo[a]pyrene
LR3 Lifetime risk of LBC from occupational exposure
LR4 Lifetime risk of LBC from others risk factors
LRo Lifetime risk of LBC from all risk factors for a 75-year-old (i.e., the cumulative incidence rate)
LRP1 Lifetime risk proportion from exposure to radon
LRP2 Lifetime risk proportion from exposure to benzo[a]pyrene
LRP3 Lifetime risk proportion from occupational exposure
LRP4 Lifetime risk proportion from exposure to other risk factors
NA Non-industrial area
OF Occupancy factor
PAF Attributable fraction for the population
PCP The average proportion of all cancers in employees with pneumoconiosis
PLC The average proportion of LBC from all cancers in employees with pneumoconiosis
PM Particulate matter
POP The average population in monitored regions in years 1996–2016
RCF Radon dose conversion factor
Rn Radon
SIR Age-standardized incidence rate
UCR Unit cancer risk
US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
VAR Constant volume activity of radon in the observe period
WHO World Health Organization