Radon-thoron discriminative measurements in Gansu province, China, and their implication for dose estimates

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 723-734

  Yamada, Yuji ^a   Sun, Quanfu ^b   Tokonami, Shinji ^a   Akiba, Suminori ^c   Zhuo, Weihai ^a   Hou, Changsong ^b   Zhang, Shouzhi ^b   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^a   Furukawa, Masahide ^a   Fukutsu, Kumiko ^a   Yonehara, Hidenori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b National Institute for Radiological Protection   (China)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADON; RADON 220; CARCINOGEN; RADON DAUGHTER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33645910183     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500261265     Document Type: Article

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