Published 2010 | Version v1
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Radon, smoking and dosimetry

  • 1. SENES Consultants Limited, Ontario (Canada)

Description

This paper examines the risks associated with exposure to radon and its decay products through estimation of lifetime excess absolute risks (LEAR) per WLM for a variety of epidemiological risk projection models and reference populations. Current risk projection models are relative risk models and hence the risks are strongly dependent on the characteristics of the underlying reference populations, especially the prevalence of smoking in the population. (author)

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Proceedings of the seventh international conference on high levels of natural radiation and radon areas: abstracts

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the seventh international conference on high levels of natural radiation and radon areas: abstracts
Imprint Pagination
289 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 4-5

Conference

Title
7. international conference on high levels of natural radiation and radon areas
Acronym
7HLNRRA
Dates
24-26 Nov 2010
Place
Navi Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
44077527
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSES; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
DOSES; DOSIMETRY; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; NONMETALS; RARE GASES

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