Comparison of natural background dose rates for residents of the Amargosa Valley, NV, to those in Leadville, CO, and the States of Colorado and Nevada

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-353

  Moeller, Dade W ^a,c   Sun, Lin Shen C ^b  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Dade Moeller and Associates   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; Radiation, background; Uncertainties; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACKGROUND RADIATION; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEVADA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748660459     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000218426.41326.6d     Document Type: Article

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