title: Environmental radiation and the lung.
abstract: Environmental sources of radioactive materials and their relation to lung doses and lung burdens are described. The approaches used and the problems encountered in estimating lung doses are illustrated. Exposure to radon daughter products is contrasted to exposure to plutonium as particular examples of the hazards associated with radioactive materials of different chemical and physical characteristics.
mesh_terms: D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive; D003359:Cosmic Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011005:Plutonium / Q000032:analysis; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium; D011886:Radon