Pilot study to determine levels of contamination in indoor dust resulting from contamination of soils

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 525-536

  Rutz, Eugene ^a   Valentine, John ^a   Eckart, Roy ^a   Yu, An ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b MGP Instruments

Author keywords

Contamination; Dust; Risk; Soil; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DUST; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

KINETIC PHOSPHORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0031235118     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320389709383584     Document Type: Article

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