Author : Iain Sinclair
Publisher : Granta Books (UK)
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,80 MB
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 9781862075030
"Todd Sileen, a rage-driven cripple, ekes out a living in a spectacularly wasted East London borough. Radon daughters is a comic and alarming epic about a city and a society shredded by random violence and uncontrollable compulsions."--Book Jacket.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 34,66 MB
Release : 1988-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309037891
This book describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment. In their analysis, the authors summarize in one document clinical and epidemiological evidence, the results of animal studies, research on alpha-particle damage at the cellular level, metabolic pathways for internal alpha-emitters, dosimetry and microdosimetry of radionuclides deposited in specific tissues, and the chemical toxicity of some low-specific-activity alpha-emitters. Techniques for estimating the risks to humans posed by radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters are offered, along with a discussion of formulas, models, methods, and the level of uncertainty inherent in the risk estimates.
Author : Michael R. Edelstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780847683345
In this vibrant account, Edelstein and Makofske unveil the complex mix of social and scientific factors that have led to public and official misunderstanding of the geologic radon issue.
Author : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Publisher : Ncrp
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9241547677
This handbook focuses on residential radon exposure from a public health point of view and provides detailed recommendations on reducing health risks from radon and sound policy options for preventing and mitigating radon exposure. The material in the handbook reflects the epidemiological evidence that indoor radon exposure is responsible for a substantial number of lung cancers in the general population. Information is provided on the selection of devices to measure radon levels and on procedures for the reliable measurement of these levels. Discussed also are control options for radon in new dwellings, radon reduction in existing dwellings as well as assessment of the costs and benefits of different radon prevention and remedial actions. Also covered are radon risk communication strategies and organization of national radon programs.--Publisher's description.
Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Standards Development
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,57 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
Contents: 1. Power reactors.--2. Research and test reactors.--3. Fuels and materials facilities.--4. Environmental and siting.--5. Materials and plant protection.--6. Products.--7. Transportation.--8. Occupational health.--9. Antitrust reviews.--10. General.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems Subcommittee
Publisher :
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : United States. Bonneville Power Administration
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 16,43 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Dwellings
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
Author : Richard Edward Stanley
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Gases, Rare
ISBN :
