Outdoor concentrations of the equilibrium-equivalent decay products of 222Rn in the Netherlands and the effect of meteorological variables

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-18

  Blaauboer, R O ^a   Smetsers, R C G M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER; RAIN;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; NETHERLANDS; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 0031023509     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031889     Document Type: Article

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