Time-variation of the soil gas radon concentration under and near a Swedish house

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hubbard, Lynn Marie ^a   Hagberg, Nils ^a  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

RADON CONCENTRATIONS;

RADON;

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOUSEHOLD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030739596     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00148-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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