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PAPERBACK price:$151.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Health Effects of Exposure to Radon:BEIR VI Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water Other Related Titles Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters: BEIR IV (1988) Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "5 Thorium." Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters: BEIR IV. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1988. Please select a format: Page 245   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore Page 245 Front Matter (R1-R20) 1 Overview (1-23) 2 Radon (24-158) 3 Polonium (159-175) 4 Radium (176-244) 5 Thorium (245-275) 6 Uranium (276-302) 7 Transuranic Elements (303-366) 8 Genetic, Teratogenic, and Fetal Effects (367-396) Appendix I: Dosimetry of Alpha Particles (397-414) Appendix II: Cellular Radiobiology (415-429) Appendix III: The Effects of Radon Progeny on Laboratory Animals (430-444) Appendix IV: Epidemiological Studies of Persons Exposed to Radon Progeny (445-488) Appendix V: Nonmalignant Respiratory and Other Diseases Among Miners Exposed to Radon (489-496) Appendix VI: Lung-Cancer Histopathology (497-503) Appendix VII: The Combined Effects of Radon Daughters and Cigarette Smoking (504-563) Appendix VIII: Previous Estimates of the Risk Due to Radon Progeny (564-576) Glossary (577-586) Index (587-602)

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