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Radon Daughters

Known as: Daughters, Radon, Radon Daughters [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Short-lived radioactive decay products of radon that include 216-Po, 214-Pb, 214-Bi, and 214-Po. They have an effective half-life of about 30 minutes… (More)
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Carcinogens, Environmental
In Bloodagonistsisolation & purification analysisstandards characteristics

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Thoron Daughters

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2002
2002
Modelling lung tumour risk in radon-exposed uranium miners using generalizations of the two-mutation model of Moolgavkar, Venzon and Knudson.
PURPOSES To model radon-induced lung cancer in uranium miners using a quasi-biological model of carcinogenesis. MATERIALS AND… (More)
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2001
2001
Determination of equivalent dose rates and committed effective doses in the respiratory system from the inhalation of radon decay products by using SSNTD and a dosimetric compartmental model.
Alpha activities per unit volume, due to radon (222Rn), thoron (220Rn) and their progenies, were evaluated inside different… (More)
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1991
1991
Dose to red bone marrow from natural radon and thoron exposure.
The age-dependent radiation dose to the haematopoietic tissue of bone marrow has been calculated for exposure to radon, thoron… (More)
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1990
1990
A two-mutation model for radon-induced lung tumors in rats.
The recessive oncogenesis model, according to which inactivation of both alleles of specific genes leads to cancer, has received… (More)
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1989
1989
Lung cancer mortality among nonsmoking uranium miners exposed to radon daughters.
Radon daughters, both in the workplace and in the household, are a continuing cause for concern because of the well-documented… (More)
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1988
1988
Mortality among pyrite miners with low-level exposure to radon daughters.
Mortality among pyrite miners with low-level exposure to radon daughters. Scand J Work Environ Health 14 (1988) 280-285. A cohort… (More)
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1988
1988
Relationship of radioactive radon daughters and cigarette smoking in the genesis of lung cancer in uranium miners.
This article documents the study of 383 cases of lung cancer in uranium miners and presents for the first time the relationship… (More)
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1984
1984
Lung cancer in Swedish iron miners exposed to low doses of radon daughters.
In a retrospective study, we investigated lung-cancer mortality from 1951 to 1976 in 1415 Swedish iron miners exposed to short… (More)
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1984
1984
Radon in homes--a possible cause of lung cancer.
An earlier case-referent study [Scand j work environ & health 5 (1979) 10-15] has indicated a possible relationship between lung… (More)
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1983
1983
Quantitative aspects of radon daughter exposure and lung cancer in underground miners.
Epidemiological studies have shown an excessive incidence of lung cancer in miners with exposure to radon daughters. The various… (More)
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