{sup 210}Po as a long-term integrating radon indicator in the indoor environment. Final report [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- 32 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- Exposure to radon (Rn-222) decay products in the indoor environment is suspected of being a significant lung cancer agent in many countries. But quantification of the contemporary lung cancer risk (i.e. probability) on an individual basis is not an easy task. Only past exposures are relevant and assessing individual exposures in retrospect is associated with large uncertainties, if possible at all. One way to extend the validity of contemporary measurements to past decades is to measure long-lived decay products of radon, the long-lived radon daughters. After our laboratory had exemplified the correlation between implanted Po-210 and the estimated radon exposures in six different dwellings, the US Department of Energy and the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute granted funds for a one-year study, ``²¹°Po as a Long-Term Integrating Radon Indicator in the Indoor Environment.`` In this report the work performed under these two contracts is reported.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:doe/er/60911--4
doe/er/60911--4 - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1992.
"doe/er/60911--4"
"DE93010463"
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Radiation Physics - Type of Report and Period Covered Note
- Final; 01/01/1989 - 12/31/1992
- Funding Information
- FG02-89ER60911
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