Radon in residences: Influences of geological and housing characteristics

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 907-914

  Lévesque, Benoît ^a   Gauvin, Denis ^a   McGregor, Richard G ^b   Martel, Richard ^c   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Dontigny, André ^d   Walker, William B ^b   Lajoie, Pierre ^a   Létourneau, Ernest ^b  

^a Ctr de S Pub de Quebec   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^d Dir Regionale SP B S L   (Canada)

Author keywords

222Rn, indoor; geology; radioactivity; radon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; GEOLOGY; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 0030991999     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199706000-00009     Document Type: Article

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