Dosimetric challenges for residential radon epidemiology

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 655-664

  Steck, Daniel J ^a   Field, R William ^b  

^a Global Business Leadership Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE EFFECTIVENESS COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645905413     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500261141     Document Type: Article

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