Dose conversion factors for radon: Recent developments

Health Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-516

  Marsh, James W ^a   Harrison, John D ^a   Laurier, Dominique ^b   Blanchardon, Eric ^b   Paquet, François ^b   Tirmarche, Margot ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry, internal; epidemiology; health effects; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77957360805     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181d6bc19     Document Type: Article

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