A survey of householders' mitigation strategy: Response to raised radon levels

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-64

  Ryan, Daniel ^a   Kelleher, C Cecily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Radon; Remediation

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRELAND; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SICKNESS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033042525     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.1.62     Document Type: Article

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