Radon awareness, testing, and remediation survey among New York State residents

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 641-647

  Wang, Ying ^a   Ju, Carole ^a   Stark, Alice D ^a   Teresi, Nicholas ^a  

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

Author keywords

Exposure; Population; Public information; Radon; Surveys

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034085334     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200006000-00006     Document Type: Article

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