Preliminary indoor radon risk assessment at the Poços de Caldas Plateau, MG - Brazil

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-176

  Veiga, Lene H S ^a   Koifman, Sérgio ^b   Melo, Vicente P ^a   Sachet, Ivanor ^a   Amaral, Eliana C S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lung cancer risk; Natural radiation; Po os de Caldas Plateau; Radon and progenies

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; POLLUTION; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RADON PROGENY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RADON;

HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0042832906     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00101-2     Document Type: Article

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