Study of radon-222 concentration levels inside kindergartens in Amman

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 699-702

  Kullab, M K ^a   Al Bataina, B A ^a   Ismail, A M ^a   Abumurad, K M ^a   Ghaith, A ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

CR 39 detector; Dosimeter; Exposure time; Kindergarten; Radon; Radon level

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POLYCARBONATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SPACE HEATING; VENTILATION;

POLYALLYLDIGLYCOL CARBONATE; POLYMERIC TRACK DETECTORS; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (SSNTD);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031354301     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00167-4     Document Type: Article

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