Title :
Data acquisition systems for environmental monitoring: a population-health approach
Author_Institution :
Chinook Health Region, Lethbridge, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Population health analysts are in the process of designing new questions for surveys. Environmental radioactivity measurements and human surveillance are linked by health effects. Lung cancer from radon kills some 15,000 Americans each year. What does the general population know or care about this? What relevance do survey instruments and probes have in their lives.
Keywords :
biological effects of radiation; cancer; data acquisition; natural radioactivity hazards; radiation detection; radiation monitoring; radiation protection; radioactive pollution; radon; data acquisition systems; environmental monitoring; environmental radioactivity measurements; health effects; human surveillance; lung cancer; population health analysis; population-health approach; radon; surveys; Anthropometry; Cancer; Data acquisition; Humans; Instruments; Lungs; Monitoring; Probes; Process design; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8257-9
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352655
