| 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 |