Predictions and maps of county mean indoor radon concentrations in the mid-Atlantic states

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 893-906

  Price, P N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

geology; modeling, dose assessment; random; surveys

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030911628     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199706000-00008     Document Type: Article

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