ANALYSIS
The most meaningful statistic to be determined for radon is a person’s annual average radon exposure. This annual average is used to estimate the health effects, the specific effect being lung cancer. Any statistic is really an estimate. How good an estimate is determined by the measurement technique, and how good an estimate must be is determined by the requirements for the estimate. Since we are concerned with the annual average radon exposure, we are concerned with length of sampling period, accuracy, and factors that affect accuracy.
Dr. J. L. Alvarez, Ph.D. Physics, Chief Scientific Consultant to Air Chek, Inc.
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