Cost-benefit analyses of radon mitigation projects

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Petersen, Mads Lyngby ^a   Larsen, Thommy ^a  

^a Environmental Assessment Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Lung cancer; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; RADON; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FATALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33746720826     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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