Published 2008
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Journal article
A preliminary radon map for Canada according to health region
- 1. Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- 2. Environmental Health Science Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- 3. Dept. of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
Description
The recent publications of the combined analyses of residential radon studies in Europe and North America have shown that there is a significant risk of lung cancer at residential radon levels. In order to assess the population risk due to radon, the knowledge of the spatial distribution of indoor radon levels is essential. Here a preliminary radon map for Canada is presented, based on historical radon measurements collected in 6016 locations across Canada with the health region as the basic geographic units. (authors)
Availability note (English)
Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncn109Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1093/rpd/ncn109;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- Journal Volume
- 130
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 92-94
- ISSN
- 0144-8420
Conference
- Title
- 5. Conference on Protection against Radon at Home and at Work
- Dates
- 9-15 Sep 2007
- Place
- Prague (Czech Republic)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 43120802
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNGS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
- Descriptors DEC
- AIR POLLUTION; BODY; DISEASES; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NONMETALS; ORGANS; POLLUTION; RARE GASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Optional Information
- Notes
- 8 refs