Modeling seasonal variation in indoor radon concentrations

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-243

  Krewski, Daniel ^a,b   Mallick, Ranjeeta ^b   Zielinski, Jan M ^a,c   Létourneau, Ernest G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIR MONITORING; ALPHA RADIATION; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; SEASONS;

EID: 20344391426     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500397     Document Type: Article

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