Results of the representative Italian national survey on radon indoors

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 741-748

  Bochicchio, Francesco ^a   Venuti, Gloria Campos ^a   Nuccetelli, Cristina ^a   Piermattei, Silvana ^b   Risica, Serena ^a   Tommasino, Luigi ^b   Torri, Giancarlo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Naz Protez dell'A   (Italy)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; radioactivity, indoor; risk estimates; surveys

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029859332     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199611000-00016     Document Type: Article

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