Gross Alpha-and Beta-Activities in Rainwater and Airborne Particulate Samples. Influence of Rainfall and Radon

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-285

  Gomez Escobar V ^a   Vera Tome F ^a   Martin Sanchez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER; RAIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; FILTER; REACTION TIME; WATER SAMPLING;

PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; RAINFALL;

EID: 0029663971     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00053-D     Document Type: Article

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