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Safe as houses? The risks of radon

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Radon and its Decay Products: Occurrence, Properties, and Health Effects.

Edited by Philip K. Hopke. American Chemical Society: 1987. Pp.609. $89.95, £63.85. Indoor Radon and its Hazards. Edited by David Bodansky, Maurice A. Robkin and David R. Stadler. University of Washington Press: 1987. Pp.147. Hbk $20, pbk $9.95. Environmental Radon. Edited by C. Richard Cothern and James E. Smith Jr.. Plenum: 1987. Pp.363. $55, £66. Radon and its Decay Products in Indoor Air. Edited by William W. Nazaroff and Anthony V. Nero Jr. Wiley: 1988. Pp.518. £65, $75. Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters. BEIR IV. National Academy Press: 1988. Pp. 602. Hbk $51, pbk $39. In Europe distributed by Wiley, hbk £36. 45, pbk £27. 90.

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Fremlin, J. Safe as houses? The risks of radon. Nature 335, 125–126 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/335125a0

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