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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455845403321

Titolo

Risk assessment of radon in drinking water [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

1-282-08199-3

9786612081996

0-309-52474-1

0-585-14360-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

615.9/02

Soggetti

Drinking water - Contamination - United States

Radon - Health aspects

Indoor air pollution - Health aspects - United States

Radon mitigation

Health risk assessment - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Public Summary""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Baseline Information on Indoor Radon and Radon in Water in the United States""; ""3 Transfer of Radon from Water to Indoor Air""; ""4 Dosimetry of Ingested Radon and its Associated Risk""; ""5 Dosimetry of Inhaled Radon and its Associated Risk""; ""6 Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Radon-Induced Carcinogenesis""; ""7 Defining Key Variabilities and Uncertainties""; ""8 Mitigation""; ""9 Multimedia Approach to Risk Reduction""; ""10 Research Recommendations""; ""References""

""Glossary""""A Behavior of Radon and its Decay Product in the Body""; ""B A Model for Diffusion of Radon Through the Stomach Wall""; ""C Water-Mitigation Techniques""; ""D Risks Associated with Disinfection By-products Formed by Water Chlorination Related to Trihalomethanes



(THMs)""; ""E Gamma Radiation Dose From Granular-Activated Carbon (GAC) Water Treatment Units""; ""F EPA Approach to Analyzing Uncertainty and Variability""; ""Index""