Risk assessment of radon in drinking water / / 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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| Titolo: |
Risk assessment of radon in drinking water / / 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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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615.9/02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Drinking water - Contamination - United States |
| Radon - Health aspects | |
| Indoor air pollution - Health aspects - United States | |
| Radon mitigation | |
| Health risk assessment - United States | |
| Radiation - Dosage | |
| Radon | |
| Water-supply | |
| Causation | |
| Sanitary engineering | |
| Gases, Rare | |
| Pollutants | |
| Carcinogens | |
| Air - Pollution | |
| Risk | |
| Sanitation | |
| Chemical elements | |
| Public health | |
| Water Supply | |
| Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis | |
| Carcinogens, Environmental - analysis | |
| Radiation Dosage | |
| Radon - adverse effects | |
| Risk Factors | |
| 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Safe Drinking Water Act directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate drinking-water quality, including setting a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for radon, an acknowledged carcinogen, to restrict the exposure of the public. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Risk assessment of radon in drinking water |
| ISBN: | 9786612081996 |
| 9780309173674 | |
| 0309173671 | |
| 9781282081994 | |
| 1282081993 | |
| 9780309524742 | |
| 0309524741 | |
| 9780585143606 | |
| 0585143609 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970315003321 |
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