Radon and its decay products in indoor air

Book · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6907171

Nazaroff, W W; Nero, Jr, A V ^[1]

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1. eds.

This book is a substantive review of the current understanding of radon and its decay products in indoor air. More than 1,000 citations to the literature are included. The book is structured to examine the current state of knowledge of all aspects of the indoor radon problem. The first chapter is an overview of radon and its decay products in indoor air. The other 11 chapters are divided into four major parts. The first is concerned with sources and transport process, i.e., the generation and migration of radon in source materials, and its entry into building. The second part deals with the physical and chemical behavior of radon and radon decay products in indoor air. The third part presents evidence pertaining to the health effects and risk of exposure to radon decay products. The final part deals with both strategic and technical aspects of controlling exposures. Other topics covered include soil as a source of indoor radon (including generation, migration, and entry), techniques for modeling indoor concentration of radon, lung dosimetry, and a comprehensive strategy for control of indoor radon.

• OSTI ID: 6907171
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540130* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560161 -- Radionuclide Effects
Kinetics
& Toxicology-- Man
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AIR POLLUTION
BODY
BUILDINGS
DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HOUSES
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
ISOTOPES
LUNGS
MASS TRANSFER
MITIGATION
NONMETALS
ORGANS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADON
RARE GASES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
REVIEWS
SOILS