Bayesian prediction of mean indoor radon concentrations for Minnesota counties

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 922-936

  Price, P N ^a   Nero, A V ^a   Gelman, A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; 222Rn, indoor; radon; statistics

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HOUSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029906242     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199612000-00009     Document Type: Article

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