[Radon and internal contamination].
Because of hits everywhere presence in air and in water needful mediums for life, radon is a omnipresent risk for every person. Therefore, in relation to those vital functions, lungs and gastro-enteric tract represent the principal target organs of this noble radioactive gas (and mainly of hits radioactive daughters). International organisms evaluated the effective dose coefficients for both target organs, so it is possible e quantitative assessment of the exposure risk related to this noble gas.
Stanga
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Caserta-Sezione Radioprotezione Medica, Caserta, Italy. studio.stanga@libero.it
Trenta
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D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract; D006801:Humans; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects; D012137:Respiratory System
D011886:Radon