Thoron: Its metrology, health effects and implications for radon epidemiology: A summary of roundtable discussions

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-481

  Akiba, S ^a   Tokonami, S ^b   Bochicchio, F ^c   McLaughlin, J ^d   Tommasino, L ^e   Harley, N ^f  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e THL   (Italy)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; ORGANIZATION; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS;

EID: 77958589475     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq240     Document Type: Article

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