Joint analysis of long- and short-term radon monitoring data from the northern U.S.

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Price, P N ^a   Nero, A V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIVING AREA RADON CONCENTRATIONS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON;

AVERAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HOUSEHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030844690     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00173-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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