1.   SIR -- Tomasek and colleagues report on cumulative radon exposure and lifetime risk for twenty-eight sites and types of cancer among uranium miners in West Bohemia.

2.   The applicability of such data derived from uranium miners to the general population is central to the radon issue.

3.   Can data on radon exposure and cancer risks in uranium miners be applied to the general population?

4.   We conclude that the cancer risks per unit dose to the population in Umhausen and the uranium miners in West Bohemia do not differ considerably.

5.   Behind them is housing originally built for uranium miners.

6.   Dr. Katherine Yih, a co-editor with Makhijani of the study, said one area about which little information is available to the public is damage to uranium miners.

7.   Hasek was born in the city of Pardubice, the son of a uranium miner.

8.   Morgan also testified in behalf of Navajo uranium miners and their survivors, saying federal officials had known about mine radiation dangers but had failed to protect the miners.