Indoor and soil radon measurements in Swaziland by track detectors

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Farid, S M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ALPHA RADIATION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; SWAZILAND;

RADIOACTIVE GAS; RADON; SOIL GAS;

SWAZILAND;

EID: 0031044991     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(96)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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