The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's assessment of risks from indoor radon

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Pawel, D J ^a   Puskin, J S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health effects; Radon; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 2942635789     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200407000-00008     Document Type: Article

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