Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academy Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps, charts
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Risk assessment of radon in drinking water.
International Standard Book Number
0309062926
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drinking water-- Contamination-- United States.
Health risk assessment-- United States.
Indoor air pollution-- Health aspects-- United States.
Radon-- Health aspects.
Radon mitigation.
Air Pollution, Indoor-- analysis.
Carcinogens, Environmental-- analysis.
Radiation Dosage.
Radon-- adverse effects.
Risk Factors.
Water Supply-- analysis.
Drinking water-- Contamination.
Health risk assessment.
Indoor air pollution-- Health aspects.
MEDICAL-- Toxicology.
Radon-- Health aspects.
Radon mitigation.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MED-- 096000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
615
.
9/02
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA592
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A1
Book number
R57
1999eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
2000
B-473
Class number
WN
615
Book Number
R595
1999
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water.