Radon awareness and mitigation in Vermont: A public health survey

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Riesenfeld, Erik P ^a,c   Marcy, Theodore W ^a,b   Reinier, Kyndaron ^a   Mongeon, Joan A ^a   Trumbo, Craig W ^a   Wemple, Brian E ^b   Kaminsky, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Public information; Radon; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; VERMONT; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34247130574     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000254862.50407.4a     Document Type: Review

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