New Perspectives on the Costs and Benefits of Mitigating Radon in Drinking Water

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-22

  Raucher, Robert S ^a   Crawford Brown, Douglas ^b   Harrod, Megan ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

benefit cost analysis; drinking water; radon; regulations; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747161434     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X05280076     Document Type: Article

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