Predictors of indoor radon concentrations in Pennsylvania, 1989-2013

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1130-1137

  Casey, Joan A ^a   Ogburn, Elizabeth L ^a   Rasmussen, Sara G ^a   Irving, Jennifer K ^b   Pollak, Jonathan ^a   Locke, Paul A ^a   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; NATURAL GAS; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOUSING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PENNSYLVANIA; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOUSING; NATURAL GAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PENNSYLVANIA; RADON; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84946050706     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1409014     Document Type: Article

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