Radon from the subsoil to the dwelling in southern Belgium

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Tondeur, F ^a   Zhu, H C ^b   Charlet, J M ^b   Gerardy, I ^a   Perreaux, R ^a  

^a Inst Sup Industriel de Bruxelles   (Belgium)

^b FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIUM; SAND; SOILS;

PALEOZOIC SERIES; SUBSOILS;

RADON;

RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS; GEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0030844688     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00155-9     Document Type: Article

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