Risk assessment of radon in drinking water / Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585143609
- 9780585143606
- 9786612081996
- 6612081996
- Drinking water -- Contamination -- United States
- Radon -- Health aspects
- Indoor air pollution -- Health aspects -- United States
- Radon mitigation
- Health risk assessment -- United States
- Water Supply -- analysis
- Air Pollution, Indoor -- analysis
- Carcinogens, Environmental -- analysis
- Radiation Dosage
- Radon -- adverse effects
- Risk Factors
- MEDICAL -- Toxicology
- Drinking water -- Contamination
- Health risk assessment
- Indoor air pollution -- Health aspects
- Radon -- Health aspects
- Radon mitigation
- United States
- 615.9/02 21
- RA592.A1 R57 1999eb
- 2000 B-473
- WN 615
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Baseline information on indoor radon and radon in water in the United States -- Transfer of radon from water to indoor air -- Dosimetry of ingested radon and its associated risk -- Dosimetry of inhaled radon and its associated risk -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of radon-induced carcinogenesis -- Defining key variabilities and uncertainties -- Mitigation -- Multimedia approach to risk reduction -- Research recommendations.
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