Radon mitigation survey among new york state residents living in high radon homes

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-409

  Wang, Ying ^a   Ju, Carole ^b   Stark, Alice D ^b   Teresi, Nick ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

222Rn; Dose; Indoor; Population; Radioactivity; Removal of; Surveys

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032885959     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00007     Document Type: Article

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