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Environmental radiation and the lung

Author(s) -

Philip E. Hamrick,

Phillip Walsh

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.74933

Subject(s) - plutonium , radon , radiation exposure , lung , environmental science , radon daughters , radiochemistry , environmental health , environmental chemistry , medicine , nuclear medicine , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics

Environmental sources of radioactive materials and their relation to lung doses and lung burdens are described. The approaches used and the problems encountered in estimating lung doses are illustrated. Exposure to radon daughter products is contrasted to exposure to plutonium as particular examples of the hazards associated with radioactive materials of different chemical and physical characteristics.

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