title: Risks from ionizing radiation.
abstract: For the public in the United Kingdom--and the United States--natural radon is a far greater radiation hazard than are emissions from nuclear installations.
authors.affiliation: National Radiological Protection Board, Didcot, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Southwood
mesh_terms: D004781:Environmental Exposure; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011886:Radon