By Margaret Henderson
“Radon Risk Analysis: A Comparison of Self-Selected and Random Testing Data,” a poster on radon testing and statistical analysis received third place Ribbon for Excellence at the 47th Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors Annual Meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri in May of 2015. Jorge Laguna of Florida presented the poster.
The poster by Clark Eldredge, MS; and Jorge Laguna, MS; of the Florida Department of Health and Gebre Kiros, Ph.D., of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, presented results of measured radon levels in randomly selected homes in Leon County, Florida, with results in a database of self-testing data (self-selected).
Methods, Data Analysis, Evaluation of Geographic Distributions and Distributions of Radon Measurements are given. To see the poster, as published in the CRCPD Newsbrief, see page 19 of the publication on http://www.crcpd.org/Pubs/Nsbf/June2015_NB.pdf.
For more information on the poster and the study, contact:
Clark Eldredge
Radon and Indoor Air Program
Bureau of Environmental Health
Division of Disease Control & Health Protection
Florida Department of Health
Telephone: 850-245-4288 and Toll Free 800-543-8279
http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/radon/index.html
United States