Pilot study of radon volatilization from showers with implications for dose

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1242-1244

  Giardino, Nicholas J ^a   Hageman, John P ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; INHALATION; RADIATION DOSE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HEALTH HAZARDS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; SHOWERS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0029656570     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es950448d     Document Type: Article

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