Factors affecting use of CR-39 surface monitor technology to estimate past exposure to indoor radon

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-437

  Mahaffey, Judith A ^a,d   Parkhurst, Mary A ^a   Hui, T Edmond ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^c   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mail Stop K1 50 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha tracks; Epidemiology; Exposure; Lung cancer; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CERAMICS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION DETECTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLASS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MISSOURI; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0030452088     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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