Actions for Risk assessment of radon in drinking water
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
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
- Additional Creators
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water
Access Online
- Contents
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Drinking water—Contamination—United States
- Radon—Health aspects
- Indoor air pollution—Health aspects—United States
- Radon mitigation
- Health risk assessment—United States
- Radiation—Dosage
- Water Supply—analysis
- Air Pollution, Indoor—analysis
- Carcinogens, Environmental—analysis
- Radiation Dosage
- Radon—adverse effects
- Risk Factors
- Eau potable—Contamination—États-Unis
- Radon—Réduction
- Risques pour la santé—Évaluation—États-Unis
- Rayonnement—Dose
- MEDICAL—Toxicology
- Drinking water—Contamination
- Health risk assessment
- Indoor air pollution—Health aspects
- United States
- ISBN
- 0585143609 (electronic bk.)
9780585143606 (electronic bk.)
9786612081996
6612081996
0309062926 (pbk.)
9780309062923 (pbk.)
0305062926 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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