Assessment and management of residential radon health risks: A report from the health Canada radon workshop

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 735-758

  Tracy, Bliss L ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^b   Chen, Jing ^a   Zielinski, Jan M ^b,c   Brand, Kevin P ^b   Meyerhof, Dorothy ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DNA; RADON; URANIUM; CARCINOGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CANADA; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645946996     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500261281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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