A case study on radon remedial measures in a family dwelling

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 787-793

  Wang, Fan ^b   Ward, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer calculations; Modeling, dose assessment; Radon; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR CONDITIONING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; FAMILY; HOUSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0030879408     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199711000-00006     Document Type: Article

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