Carcinogenic risk coefficients at environmental levels of radon exposures: A microdosimetric approach

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 837-844

  Zaider, Marco ^a   Varma, Matesh N ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; exposure, radiation; microdosimetry; radon

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLONIUM; RADON;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MICRODOSIMETRY; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029948107     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199606000-00009     Document Type: Article

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