Journal article
Dosimetry quality assurance : Iowa residential radon lung cancer study
Radiation protection dosimetry, Vol.78(4), pp.295-303
1998
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032362
Abstract
The Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study (IRLCS) was a multiyear (1992-1997), population-based, case-control epidemiological study that evaluated the association between residential 222Rn exposure and the incidence of lung cancer among women in Iowa. During the course of the IRLCS, 936 alpha track detector measurements were made for quality assurance purposes (spikes, duplicates, blanks). This report summarises the accuracy and precision of the 222Rn measurements made by alpha track detectors. These detectors exhibited good accuracy and precision during the course of the study and met United States Environmental Protection Agency standards for performance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Dosimetry quality assurance : Iowa residential radon lung cancer study
- Creators
- R. W Field - College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, N222 Oakdale Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United StatesC. F Lynch - College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, N222 Oakdale Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United StatesD. J Steck - Department of Physics, St. John's University Collegeville, Minnesota, United StatesE. L Fisher - College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, N222 Oakdale Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiation protection dosimetry, Vol.78(4), pp.295-303
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032362
- ISSN
- 0144-8420
- eISSN
- 1742-3406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1998
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984214799802771
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