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UNINA9910455845403321 |
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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 |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-08199-3 |
9786612081996 |
0-309-52474-1 |
0-585-14360-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drinking water - Contamination - United States |
Radon - Health aspects |
Indoor air pollution - Health aspects - United States |
Radon mitigation |
Health risk assessment - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-222) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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 |
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