Radon exposures in a Jerusalem public school

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1997, Pages 1411-1416

  Richter, Elihu D ^a   Neeman, Ehud ^b   Fischer, Irwin ^c,d   Berdugo, Mona ^a   Westin, Jerome B ^a   Kleinstern, Jackie ^e   Margaliot, Menahem ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Sanz Laniado Medical Center   (Israel)

^e East Talpiot Public School   (Israel)

^f ISRAEL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure control; Exposure standards; Radiation; Radon; School

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PHOSPHATE; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR CONDITIONING; BREAST CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; ISRAEL; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TUBE;

EID: 0031459746     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s61411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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