Radon exposure assessment and dosimetry applied to epidemiology and risk estimation

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages 193-208

  Puskin, Jerome S ^a   James, Anthony C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; IRON; RADON 222; TIN; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745915838     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3308.1     Document Type: Article

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