An historical overview of radon and its progeny: Applications and health effects

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 2-8

  Laughlin, J Mc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RISK;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RISK; URANIUM;

EID: 84870414065     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs189     Document Type: Article

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