Measurement and apportionment of radon source terms for modeling indoor environments

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5983014· OSTI ID:5983014

Harley, N H

This research has two main goals; (1) to quantify mechanisms for radon entry into homes of different types and to determine the fraction of indoor radon attributable to each source and (2) to model and calculate the dose (and therefore alpha particle fluence) to cells in the human and animal tracheobronchial tree that is pertinent to induction of bronchogenic carcinoma from inhaled radon daughters. The dosimetry has been extended to include organs other than the lung.

• Research Organization: New York Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Environmental Medicine
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER60547
• OSTI ID: 5983014
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60547-2; ON: DE92005526
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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