Risk assessment of radon in drinking water
By: Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Drinking water -- Contamination -- United States; Radon -- Health aspects; Indoor air pollution -- Health aspects -- United States; Radon mitigation; Health risk assessment -- United States
Description: "This book presents a valuable synthesis of information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water, including comprehensive reviews of data on the transfer of radon from water to indoor air and on outdoor levels of radon in the United States. It also presents a new analysis of a biokinetic model developed to determine the risks posed by ingestion of radon and reviews inhalation risks and the carcinogenesis process.

The volume includes scenarios for quantifying the reduction in health risk that might be achieved by a program to reduce public exposure to radon."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-222) and index