Report on the first phase activity of an EU project concerning coordinated radon measurements in five European countries

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Baixeras, C ^a   Bacmeister, G U ^a   Climent, H ^a   Albarracin D ^a   Enge, W ^b   Freyer, K ^c   Treutler, H C ^c   Jonsson G ^d   Ghose, R ^d   Monnin, M M ^e   Font, Ll ^e   Devantier, R ^e   Seidel, J L ^e   Sciocchetti, G ^f   Cotellessa, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION;

INDOOR RADON LEVELS; SOIL GAS RADON LEVELS;

DOSIMETRY;

RADON 222;

AMBIENT AIR; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUROPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0030845558     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00172-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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