Continuous indoor and outdoor measurements of 222Rn in New York City: City as a source

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Fisenne, Isabel M ^a   Keller, Helen W ^a  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON;

URBAN HEAT DOME EFFECT;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; BUILDING; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030737650     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00101-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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