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William R. Hendee, PhD
American Medical Association Chicago

JAMA. 1988;260(21):3128.

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Drs Toohey and Watson point out that the COUNCIL REPORT equates a radon exposure of 1.3 pCi/L to a lung dose of 8.7 mrem rather than the intended value of 8.7 rem. We discovered this error when the article appeared, published an erratum (JAMA 1988;259:47), and corrected the reprints by calculating the dose for 1.3 pCi/L from first principles rather than using Sorensen's value. The result of 3.1 to 4.6 rem, depending on assumptions about equilibrium, is consistent with Drs Toohey and Watson's estimate of 2.4 rem for 1pCi/L. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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