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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Thoron Daughters

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2011
2011
Radon hydrides: structure and bonding.
Quantum chemical calculations, using gradient-correct density functional at the BP86 level in conjunction with TZ2P basis sets… 
2010
2010
Dose conversion factors for radon: recent developments.
Epidemiological studies of the occupational exposure of miners and domestic exposures of the public have provided strong and… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
State-Owned Enterprise Reform
This United Nations Policy Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform provides practical guidance on alternative policies to reform… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Radon exposure of the skin: II. Estimation of the attributable risk for skin cancer incidence
  • M. Charles
  • Journal of Radiological Protection
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 20718608
A preceding companion paper has reviewed the various factors which form the chain of assumptions that are necessary to support a… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Attenuation of exposure-response curves in occupational cohort studies at high exposure levels.
Numerous occupational cohort mortality studies have observed exposure-response curves to have an increasing slope at low exposure… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Retrospective determination of radon in houses
In the 1970s it was statistically proved that exposure to radon daughter products caused lung cancer in miners1. High… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Health effects and sources of indoor air pollution. Part I.
Since the early 1970s, the health effects of indoor air pollution have been investigated with increasing intensity. Consequently… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Interaction between tobacco smoking and occupational exposures in the causation of lung cancer.
1983
1983
Radiation exposure of the respiratory tract and associated carcinogenic risk due to inhaled radon daughters.
The atmospheric content of radon and its decay products contributes significantly to the radiation exposure of man even in the… 
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