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Volume 9, Issue 2
1 February 1991
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Research Article| February 01 1991

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Denis L. Henshaw
Denis L. Henshaw
Research physicist at Bristol University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6844
Print ISSN: 0263-080X
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Structural Survey (1991) 9 (2): 145–151.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003247

Discusses the radioactive gas radon, outlining its structure and how it enters the home. Explores methods of measuring the gas,highlighting research carried out at Bristol University on a plastic material called Tastrak. Exposes the health threat associated with radon and links quantities of the substance with incidences of leukaemia.

Keywords:
Radon, Health and safety, Regulations, Research organizations, Plastics
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