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Assessing the risks from exposure to radon in dwellings

Author(s) -

Pamela Walsh,

W.M. Lowder

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/5895255

Subject(s) - radon , radon exposure , environmental health , health risk , environmental science , dosimetry , radiation exposure , population , radon gas , human health , effective dose (radiation) , indoor air quality , indoor air , medicine , nuclear medicine , environmental engineering , physics , quantum mechanics

The factors used to assess the radiation dose and health risks from human exposure to radon in dwellings are critically reviewed in this summary. Sources of indoor radon and determinants of air concentrations and exposure levels are given as well as the uncertainties that exist in their formulation. Methods of assessing health effects from inhalation of radon and its progeny are discussed with emphasis on dosimetry of radon daughters and formulation of risk per dose values. Finally, methods of assessing risks for general population exposures to indoor radon concentrations are treated.

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