Factors underlying residential radon concentration: Results from Galicia, Spain

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Barros Dios, J M ^a,b   Ruano Ravina, A ^a,c   Gastelu Iturri, J ^d   Figueiras, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c Galician Agency for Health Technology Assessment   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SANTA BÁRBARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Environment; Lung neoplasms; Radiation; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CANCER; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADON ISOTOPE; TUMOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; HOME; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; RADON; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846306653     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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