Assessment of health risks to skin and lung of elevated radon levels in abandoned mines

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 733-739

  Denman, A R ^a   Eatough, J P ^b   Gillmore, G ^d   Phillips, P S ^c  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Health effects; Lungs, human; Radon; Skin dose

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SURFACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ERYTHEMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0242693993     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200312000-00018     Document Type: Article

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