Radon retesting and mitigation behavior among the U.S. population

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 611-614

  Ford, Earl S ^a,b   Eheman, Christie R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; health effects; radon; safety standards

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCREENING;

EID: 0030968512     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199704000-00013     Document Type: Article

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