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Argonne National Laboratory SERIES TITLE Radon and Passive Smoking INCLUSIVE DATES 1985 1990 ARRANGEMENT None VOLUME approximately 5 cubic feet DESCRIPTION This series consists of administrative and research records, including data, relating to the exposure of human subjects to radon daughter products in an exposure chamber. A proposal was made and funded by the National Cancer Institute to study the possible modification of radon daughter exposure at home from passive smoking. In order to interpret data collected by body counting in the field, it was necessary to establish a method for distinguishing between radon daughter products deposited in the lungs and those deposited on the skin and clothing. To do so, Argonne employees were exposed in a chamber containing radon gas and daughter products and then measured in a whole body counter to determine radon daughter uptake. In some cases subjects breathed air free of radon and radon daughter products; in others they breathed air in the room. By combining different exposure regimes it was possible to gain understanding of the division of radon daughter product activity between the clothing, skin, and lungs. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Research Division Building 202, Room A354 Argonne, IL 60439 |